To read this story direct from the NYT click here. The U.S. insurance and real estate industries have waged a decades-long campaign to avoid liability in lead cases, helping to

Alumna’s research shines light on excessive lead levels in city neighborhoods By Kanaga Rajan    Friday, March 25, 2022 Bayview, San Francisco SF State alumna Chinomnso Okorie is using community-engaged research

Michelle Fenn runs a small cotton swab against the side of a garage in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood. She’s testing for lead; the garage’s coat of paint is chipped, leaving

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Four Rhode Island landlords who own properties in which children with lead poisoning live have been sued by the state for alleged noncompliance with state lead

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 9, 2022 Property Manager Pleads Guilty For His Role In The Failure To Properly

While leaded gasoline has been banned in the U.S. since 1996, researchers say that nearly half of all Americans born before that year may have a lower IQ and higher

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that his office has filed a misdemeanor charge, under public health law, against a landlord who is accused of continuing to rent

https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/buffalo-landlord-accused-of-exposing-tenants-to-unsafe-levels-of-lead By: Anthony Reyes Posted at 1:02 PM, Mar 08, 2022 and last updated 1:03 PM, Mar 08, 2022 BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Buffalo landlord is accused of exposing tenants to unsafe

Using both sample data and crowdsourced science, a new model effectively identified houses at risk for higher concentrations of lead. By Alexandra K. Scammell28 February 2022 PRINT Lead remnants can be

Lawsuit alleges hedge fund-owned mega-landlord failed to repair and maintain rental homes that lacked heat, had backed-up sewers, doors and windows that would not close, mold, even wild animals —

02/04/2022 The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and A1 Asbestos LLC (“A1”) entered into a January 5th Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of: .

2022 is the year that Syracuse’s lead ordinance finally goes into effect after being passed in the summer of 2020 by the common council. Syracuse’s Commissioner of Neighborhood and Business