Gothamist

WNYC Finds High Levels Of Lead-Paint Contamination In Four NYC Schools

Lead paint peeling from a radiator in a first-grade classroom in Brooklyn; chipping from the plumbing in a boy's bathroom in Queens; falling from the ceiling in a school room in Manhattan. An ...
Cleveland.com

CMHA didn’t report child lead-poisoning, painted over potential hazards, violated other lead rules, HUD inspector general says

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority didn’t tell the Department of Housing and Urban Development about lead-poisoned children at its properties, and covered up deteriorating ...
Chicago Sun-Times

CPS says it fixed every lead paint hazard it found this year, but work at some schools hasn’t been completed, records show

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WBEZ

CPS says it fixed all hazardous lead paint identified this year. Records and school staff tell a different story.

Teachers and staff at a Bridgeport elementary school say they complained for months last fall about peeling lead-based paint and the hazards it posed for students in their humid, century-plus-old ...
The Inlander

Deteriorating lead paint affects thousands of homes in Spokane County; local government is applying for federal dollars to help

Home ought to be a haven. But in thousands of Spokane homes, walls could harbor hazards instead. In 1978, the U.S. government banned the consumer use of lead paint. But a home built before the ban ...