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North Carolina environmental regulators say it could take until the end of the year to determine how to clean up lead contamination at five public parks in Durham.

Any level of lead in drinking water can be a health risk to young children. But more than half of North Carolina public school buildings were built before the federal government began regulating lead. With federal funding this year, all public schools across the state will be required to test for lead and asbestos.

A grandmother’s decades-long battle against lead contamination could come to a close soon if she can get just one more domino to fall.

A new study from Duke University suggests green spaces across the country could have lasting soil contamination from trash incinerators used decades ago.

Additional testing has found unsafe levels of lead , according to EPA standards, in soil at five public parks in Durham.

Gov. Roy Cooper and members of the House and Senate all call for spending at least $150 million in federal money to remove lead from drinking water in schools and centers, as well as asbestos and lead paint.

Even low levels of lead can cause harm to children, but 22 states, including North Carolina, don’t require schools and day cares to test the levels of…

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is rolling out a bill that would require school districts and child care facilities to conduct routine testing of…

Marc Edwards has been named among the most influential people in the world by Time, Fortune, Politico, and Foreign Policy Magazine. Edwards is a professor…

Marc Edwards has been named among the most influential people in the world by Time, Fortune, Politico, and Foreign Policy Magazine. Edwards is a professor…