Some of the factories in Ogijo, once symbols of job opportunities and communal progress, have become agents of quiet destruction, poisoning the soil, water, and people in the community.

BEIJING: A kindergarten principal was detained after more than 200 children in northwestern China fell ill with potential lead poisoning from date cakes and corn rolls, state media said on Tuesday ...

Lead poisoning was once thought to largely be a problem of the past, as the globe gradually weaned itself off leaded gasoline in road vehicles in 2021. But has global lead pollution truly been ...

Lead poisoning used to be a more widespread issue in China. In 2010, the central government for the first time allocated special funds for heavy metal pollution prevention in response to at least 12 ...

Police have detained eight people accused of lead poisoning after more than 200 children in a kindergarten in the northwestern province of Gansu were found to have elevated lead levels in their blood, ...

This week, the Milwaukee Health Department reported it had found dangerous levels of lead contamination in "multiple" Milwaukee Public Schools buildings The announcement came just months after MHD new ...

In Tianshui City, China, over 230 children were hospitalized due to lead poisoning after kindergarten staff used industrial paint on food. The principal instructed the purchase of the toxic paint ...

The FDA has issued warnings for more than 15 ground cinnamon brands due to elevated lead levels since 2024. Consumers are advised to check their pantries and discard any of the listed ground cinnamon ...

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that the federal government has “a team in Milwaukee” helping the city address a lead crisis in its ...