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RI company to pay 25K fine for LBP violations

July 21, 2022

Brady Sullivan to pay $25,000 penalty for lead violations at Rhode Island property EPA hits Manchester company for unlicensed work at Pawtucket mill renovation Manchester-based Brady Sullivan Properties has...

When your home is filled with hazards, what can you do?

July 13, 2022

Poor housing conditions can have an effect on people’s health both mentally and physically by posing a threat to the family or individual living there, especially for young children and...

Pawtucket apartment complex owner fined $25K for violating lead paint guidelines

July 11, 2022

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WLNE) — The United States Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that the owner of a Pawtucket apartment complex had to pay a $25,000 fine after failing to properly...

Lead poisoning is a public health crisis. Ohio’s cities should act now: Sterling Shriber and Palak Rath

July 11, 2022

AKRON, Ohio -- Lead is a poison that too often contaminates many aspects of urban life, inflicting widespread disease and disability. That burden is especially high in the Rust Belt,...

Fugitive ex-landlord surrenders to face criminal charges of lead paint violations

July 11, 2022

Afugitive considered by government officials to have been among the worst – if not the worst – rental housing operators in Buffalo surrendered Tuesday at the federal courthouse. Facing criminal charges...

Money begins to come in for local governments to address lead poisoning

June 14, 2022

For decades, city leaders in Cleveland have tried to take action to deal with the complex problem of childhood lead poisoning — mostly from lead paint in the housing stock...