"We had an antique in our house that his toys were stored in, and it was an old piece that the paint was chipping from, but I didn't think, 'oh, this is probably lead,'" said Jamie Noerpel.

Lead pipes appear dull gray, unless they've been painted. "You can scratch it with a screwdriver," Harrington said. "If it gets shiny, it's probably lead." Harrington said a second test is to ...

New at-home lead tests that promise to "help end lead poisoning" are hitting the market. They are inexpensive and easy to use ...

“If you see those big, like alligator skin, chipping pieces of paint, I would say that there’s probably lead in it, and it wouldn’t hurt to apply,” Zahren said. The city has approved 34 ...