The owner of a central Montana landfill has agreed to pay the U.S. government $100,000 to settle a civil action over 1,600 tons of earth containing unsafe levels of lead that sat untreated and unprotected for about four years. The …
The cities of South Bend, Elkhart and Fort Wayne each have been awarded grants worth $2.3 million to clean up lead from at-risk homes, train workers in lead safety methods and increase public awareness about childhood lead poisoning. The Centers …
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission will set up its first office outside the United States in China in a bid to reduce the amount of dangerous products reaching the American market. Commission head Inez Tenenbaum told reporters the “history-making” …
