lead

The Department of Defense has increased protections for military personnel from exposure to lead from firearms. It can be a health problem for people using recreational shooting ranges, too.

Researchers following a group of New Zealanders over the course of 40 years found an association between childhood lead exposure and declines in intelligence and socioeconomic status later in life.

A new report by the advocacy group Environment Florida argues that water in Florida’s schools and day cares may contain dangerous levels of lead, but...

Do you know how safe your tap water is to drink? When fifth- and sixth-grade students at Academy Prep in St. Petersburg researched that question, they…

Tallahassee is not Flint say Leon School Board members, city officials and researchers who found lead the water supply for area schools. The Leon...

The Leon County School Board is planning a special meeting to discuss lead levels in the district’s drinking water.

A Florida International University dean will lead a study on the effects of lead exposure on children's mental health thanks to a nearly $3 million…

At his site Our Health Policy Matters, consultant Paul Gionfriddo lists the public health initiatives that have had the biggest impact during his lifetime.