Lead

Connecticut plans to spend $20 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds on a limited-time state program to help homeowners remove lead paint hazards from older houses.

Mayor Justin Elicker said more than 80% of New Haven’s homes were built before the 1980s — meaning they likely contain lead.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation inspected more than 2,100 bridges and found lead paint cracking and falling off hundreds of them.

The counties in Connecticut were identified as areas with a higher risk of lead paint exposure due to older housing stock, high rates of renter occupied housing and many households with incomes below the poverty level.

Five cities — New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Hartford and Meriden — made up about half of all cases.

Lead poisoning is preventable. And yet, in cities like New Haven, children continue to test positive for lead in their blood.

The Biden Administration says it wants to replace all of America's lead pipes in the next decade.

A class-action settlement agreement that aims to protect New Haven children from lead poisoning has officially gone into effect.A state superior court…

A new report from the Natural Resource Defense Council suggests up to 360,000 lead pipes carry water to homes in New York.The council said the lead…

Parents and pediatricians of lead poisoned children will be publicly notified of lead levels by New Haven’s Health Department under a new order from a…