/tags/lead Lead en-US Copyright Thu, 23 May 2024 18:06:33 GMT /environment/2024-05-23/durham-parks-lead-cleanup-plan-walltown-east-northgate-lyon 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. Thu, 23 May 2024 18:06:33 GMT /environment/2024-05-23/durham-parks-lead-cleanup-plan-walltown-east-northgate-lyon Will Michaels /education/2024-03-19/north-carolina-public-schools-lead-drinking-water-funding 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. Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:35:59 GMT /education/2024-03-19/north-carolina-public-schools-lead-drinking-water-funding Liz Schlemmer /health/2024-02-12/durham-resident-faces-last-hurdle-in-lead-paint-battle 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. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:57:08 GMT /health/2024-02-12/durham-resident-faces-last-hurdle-in-lead-paint-battle Will Atwater | North Carolina Health ¹ÏÉñapp /environment/2023-09-25/duke-study-lead-parks-soil-contamination-us A new study from Duke University suggests green spaces across the country could have lasting soil contamination from trash incinerators used decades ago. Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:53:58 GMT /environment/2023-09-25/duke-study-lead-parks-soil-contamination-us Will Michaels /environment/2023-08-14/5-durham-parks-confirmed-to-have-elevated-levels-of-lead Additional testing has found unsafe levels of lead , according to EPA standards, in soil at five public parks in Durham. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:11:07 GMT /environment/2023-08-14/5-durham-parks-confirmed-to-have-elevated-levels-of-lead Will Michaels /health/2021-08-24/nc-expected-remove-lead-asbestos-public-schools-child-care-centers-cooper 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. Tue, 24 Aug 2021 14:06:17 GMT /health/2021-08-24/nc-expected-remove-lead-asbestos-public-schools-child-care-centers-cooper Greg Barnes / North Carolina Health ¹ÏÉñapp /environment/2019-09-16/environmental-advocates-push-for-mandatory-testing-for-lead-in-water-at-nc-schools 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… Mon, 16 Sep 2019 20:17:27 GMT /environment/2019-09-16/environmental-advocates-push-for-mandatory-testing-for-lead-in-water-at-nc-schools Elizabeth Friend /health/2019-03-21/nc-schools-arent-required-to-test-for-lead-in-their-water-a-new-bill-would-change-that 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… Thu, 21 Mar 2019 20:24:33 GMT /health/2019-03-21/nc-schools-arent-required-to-test-for-lead-in-their-water-a-new-bill-would-change-that Will Michaels /environment/2017-03-22/flint-water-crisis-whistleblower-continues-fight-for-water-rights 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… Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:22:07 GMT /environment/2017-03-22/flint-water-crisis-whistleblower-continues-fight-for-water-rights Laura Pellicer, Phoebe Judge /show/the-state-of-things/2017-03-22/flint-water-crisis-whistleblower-continues-fight-for-water-rights 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… Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:22:07 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-03-22/flint-water-crisis-whistleblower-continues-fight-for-water-rights Laura Pellicer, Phoebe Judge