Family sues Twin Cities plant over children's blood lead levels
A Twin Cities family whose young kids were exposed to lead is now suing the father's former employer.
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A Twin Cities family whose young kids were exposed to lead is now suing the father's former employer.
There are new accusations surrounding pollution problems at a battery recycling plant in Minnesota. An attorney says lead migration from Gopher Resource in Eagan poisoned some kids connected to workers.
The money will go toward finding and replacing lead pipes that deliver water to homes, also known as service lines.
Neighbors living around Gopher Resource in Eagan, Minnesota, are the latest group to form after the plant exceeded lead emissions, putting their health at risk.
Folks in Dakota County are raising environmental and health concerns after lead battery casings were discovered in the ground.
The FDA has identified 18 brands of ground cinnamon with elevated levels of lead that it says should be thrown out. Here's what to know.
Work is in motion to update a decades-old standard on protections for people who work with lead in Minnesota. The rulemaking process follows a WCCO investigation, and a law change as the result of it.
After a monthslong push for more transparency, a community exposed to elevated lead emissions earlier this year was able to get some answers from investigators.
WCCO Investigates discovered the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) could have alerted Eagan residents whose health was at risk from lead exposure sooner.
Residents of Eagan, Minnesota, received a state warning about elevated lead emissions coming from a battery recycling business in July.
A few years ago, Minnesota lawmakers banned keys and other consumer products with more than trace amounts of lead and cadmium in them. Now, industry leaders say they will be locked out of doing business in the state if the Legislature doesn't roll that back.
The Minnesota Department of Health announced Tuesday that they'll be releasing a new, interactive map that will show how much lead, if any, has been detected in drinking water at all public and charter schools and licensed child care centers.
But consumer advocates say the Food and Drug Administration's new guidance on lead limit in baby food doesn't go far enough.
The Minnesota Department of Health is spearheading a statewide effort to replace lead pipes in every home.
FDA testing found "extremely high levels of lead contamination" in the cinnamon applesauce pouches, which have been recalled.
A court approved the state's motion to require the landlord of Havenbrook Homes to stop exposing its tenants to lead paint in rental homes on Thursday.
Officials in St. Paul say recent testing revealed unacceptable lead levels in some of the area's drinking water.
That money will go to ways to cut the risks from lead paint in homes and other environmental hazards. Lead poisoning can cause lifelong damage in kids, Including learning and behavior problems.
A bill that provides $240 million to replace lead pipes across Minnesota has been signed into law.
State officials issued an alert on Friday to employees of Federal Ammunition, concerned that children have been exposed to "take-home lead dust" brought home accidentally on clothing or personal items of family members who work there.
State health officials are urging employees of an Anoka ammunition plant to have their children tested for lead, after four children had elevated levels in their blood.
