Dwindling federal funds for lead paint abatement are putting local communities in a bind. The city of Springfield's funding is set to be depleted next year and Dayton's program has already run out of ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced stronger standards for identifying and cleaning up lead paint in homes and child care facilities built before 1978. The new rule now considers any ...

We are recently in contract on a house that needs a ton of work, not the least of it will be a complete top to bottom interior paint job. The house is circa 1898, so we assume the paint is lead based.

Norwich's older homes may be eligible for some cleaning up, thanks to a federal remediation program. Many of the city's houses were built before 1978, before lead-based paints were banned, which means ...

Around 35% of U.S. homes contain lead paint, so in which cities is the risk of lead paint exposure — and the need for a lead paint inspection — greatest? We compared the 500 biggest U.S. cities based ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rusmir Kahrimanovic spends a lot of time driving through city of Erie neighborhoods. When he does, Kahrimanovic constantly sees ...