Lead poisoning

Benton Harbor residents have no clear answers on whether their tap water is safe to drink. Stateside gets an update from Michigan Radio's newsroom.

A newly formed group to reduce the amount of lead in drinking water held its first meeting today on Tuesday. The seven-member “Corrosion Control Advisory Panel” is part of a broader effort by the state to address aging lead service lines.

Overall, the percentage of Michigan children with elevated blood lead levels has been falling for more than two decades, from nearly a third of children tested in 2000 to just 2.5 percent of children tested in 2020.

Grand Rapids and Kent County have formed a new Lead Action Team. The team will help track and respond to cases of elevated lead levels in kids.About 1 in…

A new package of bills in Lansing could dramatically change how the state handles the problem of lead-based paint.Lead based paint was banned in 1978, but…

The city of Detroit is suing three major real estate investors the city calls “slumlords,” accusing them of an “invest and neglect” business model that…

Living in homes purchased at the Wayne County tax foreclosure auction, or near demolitions, increases the risk of lead poisoning in Detroit children.Those…

The Goldman Environmental Prize is the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for grassroots environmental activism.This year's six recipients are from Columbia,…

The partial settlement of a Flint water crisis lawsuit guarantees all Flint kids can be screened and assessed for effects of lead exposure.A federal judge…

A federally funded program to remove lead paint from houses is now free for eligible homeowners in Grand Rapids.The Department of Housing and Urban…