Communications strategist Olga González examines why childhood lead poisoning remains one of the United States’ most ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

A routine medical checkup for a Trenton toddler uncovered dangerous lead levels. A mother struggled to navigate home ...

The Midland County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) offers appointments for capillary blood lead testing (finger poke) to identify lead exposure in children. As of April 30, the Michigan universal ...

LANSING, Mich. – New laws in Michigan mandate blood lead testing for children at 12 and 24 months, recorded on immunization records, to address lead poisoning. The testing aims to prevent and address ...

More than 1,000 children tested positive for lead poisoning in New Hampshire in 2023, according to a recently published report from state officials. That’s the highest number of kids with dangerous ...

As workers set up stations at North Division High School’s cafeteria to test children’s blood for lead, a group of frustrated parents and community activists gathered just outside the main entrance.

HEALTH EXPERTS ABOUT THEIR FINDINGS. YEAH, SOME PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS TELL US THESE NUMBERS ARE UP AGAIN, BECAUSE IN THE WAKE OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, MORE KIDS ARE GETTING TESTED AGAIN. IT’S ALL ...

LANSING, MI — Michigan lawmakers are attempting to lower the threshold for reporting children to an early intervention program based on levels of toxic lead in their blood. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the ...

The sick eagle was found down in the snow near Bootjack, in the U.P.'s Keweenaw Peninsula near Portage Lake. It was taken by ...

Lead poisoning used to be a more widespread issue in China. In 2010, the central government for the first time allocated special funds for heavy metal pollution prevention in response to at least 12 ...