The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it had finalized a new set of requirements aimed at eliminating lead-based paint dust from older homes and childcare facilities. The new ...

(CNN) — Any level of lead paint dust in is considered hazardous, according to new requirements for identifying and cleaning up the harmful dust in certain homes and child-care facilities across the ...

Paint that contains lead was banned in 1978, but more than 30 million American homes are believed to still contain it, including nearly 4 million homes where children under the age of 6 live. A final ...

If your home was built before 1978, a new regulation could affect your remodeling or renovation project. A new federal law requires remodeling contractors who could possibly disturb lead paint during ...

In a move that further toughens safety standards for lead paint dust, the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced the finalization of a rule that declares any detectable amount of the ...

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The dust sitting around a home can contain the neurotoxic metal lead from construction materials, old paint, batteries, and other materials. Canadian government researchers recently surveyed lead ...