Lead

Updated 9:40 a.m. with a statement from city officials. The St. Louis NAACP is considering a federal civil rights lawsuit to force St. Louis officials to…

Jefferson County health officials plan this year to increase testing for lead contamination in residential areas near where companies mined for heavy…

Lead was removed from most consumer products, like pencils and pipes, long ago.There’s still one product where lead is used routinely — ammunition.This…

Dan Giammar collects something most people want to get rid of: lead pipes.“This is just a great piece of lead pipe,” said Giammar, turning the smooth…

In 2014, the state of Michigan switched the city of Flint’s water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. After the switch residents began complaining…

The Environmental Protection Agency plans this month to start removing toxic waste from 50 residential yards near a Metro East Superfund site.The Old…

In a settlement announced Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Missouri ordered metal and mining…

When a child has an elevated amount of lead in their blood, it’s often up to Tammi Holmes to find the source.Once, it was a packet of turmeric, brought…

In Fredericktown, Missouri, three women walked towards what looked like a Martian landscape.The sparsely vegetated area covered in reddish-tan dirt, once…

It’s been nearly 300 years since lead was first discovered in Missouri.But the element's important role in the state's economy may come at a price to…