Midland County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) offers capillary blood lead testing to identify lead exposure in children.

Lead is something that has been poisoning kids in Cleveland for decades. Now, community leaders are trying to find ways to keep attention centered on fixing it.

Three popular brands of kitchen faucets sold on Amazon have been recalled after tests revealed dangerously high lead levels ...

They carried handmade signs: “Milwaukee–Beer, Cheese, and Lead Poisoning” and “Test All Schools for Lead Now.” After a child was found to have lead poisoning from peeling lead paint in a ...

He also said the Wisconsin Department of Health Services requires every test ... is lead-based paint and household dust present in older homes. Soil, drinking water, imported jewelry and toys ...

Yet lead still persists on stuff we come into contact with every day, like old paint ... The test’s signature glow is due to a compound called methylammonium bromide in the kit’s spray ...

The CED is warning consumers about possible lead in antique toys and other products made before 1978 or items manufactured outside the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

That got me wondering whether the large floral design that drew me to the plates in the first place might have been made with lead paint ... kits to choose from. I chose this lead test swab ...

If it was, there may be lead-based paint on the inside and out ... There are home lead test kits available, however. They use chemicals that change color to indicate the presence of lead.

Lead can enter the body in many ways, but people are at greater risk if they live in homes built before 1978 — the year the federal government banned consumer use of lead-based paint.

There are lead-paint test kits out there, but none of our experts recommended them. "They only give a limited picture," Gonzalez says. "They can give inaccurate results and also if lead is detected, ...