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Kevin Johnson owns an ACE Hardware franchise. Since the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) recent announcement about new risks of lead paint in homes, he's seen plenty of concerned parents checking ...

The federal government is warning consumers not to use those home testing kits to check their children's toys and other products for lead contamination. A new round of tests found most of the time, ...

Lead paint was banned for use in residential homes in 1978 because exposure to the toxic substance causes severe health and development problems in children. There is not enough lead in lead paint to ...

Rob Hill, Rhode Island Painters and Allied Trades Local 195 organizer, uses a lead paint test kit to test a beam at the parking garage at 233 Weybosset Street. PROVIDENCE — The US Occupational Safety ...