Lead Safe St. Louis

When preliminary tests by St. Louis Public Schools found that dozens of faucets and water fountains contained traces of lead, the district shut them off…

Four employees who work in a Veterans Affairs records office in north St. Louis have tested positive for higher than average levels of lead in their…

The lead contamination water crisis in Flint, which has captivated American attention since early this year, has a lot of people asking: Could this happen…

Inspectors from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are in St. Louis for the next few months, making sure that contractors are following federal lead…

St. Louis and St. Louis County will be able to increase efforts to reduce the number of children in the region exposed to lead, thanks to grants donated…

The city of St. Louis has been working to reduce lead poisoning since the health department introduced a lead program in the 1940s. Since that time great…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 15, 2010 - Nothing speaks louder to a mother than a silent child.When Larry Chavis was about 2,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 15, 2010 - A St. Louis University scholar thinks it's time for cities to refine the way they…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Nothing speaks louder to a mother than a silent child.When Larry Chavis was about 2, he'd sit in the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The lobby of the Winston Churchill Apartments at Cabanne and Belt avenues undoubtedly reminds some…