Artisanal lead mining in Nigeria is responsible for airborne lead exposures that are 10 times the U.S. Permissible Exposure Limit according to a study published today. This is the first study to ...

Mirror photo by Ryan Brown / Professor Ryan Mathur (left) prepares geological equipment to search for old lead mines with other geologists and Juniata College students in a field in Tyrone Township on ...

Steve Hench watches his 3-year-old son, Oliver Hench, swinging in a park in Weir, Kansas. WEIR, Kansas — Johanna Schmid and her husband, Steve Hench, live in an older home in Weir, Kansas. Their lives ...

The Senate’s fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment bill would redirect $250 million in unobligated funds for getting lead out of ...

San Francisco, October 21, 2019 - A pilot program to introduce safer mining practices in Nigerian gold mining communities has reduced blood lead levels by 32% according to a study published today.

More than 100,000 Zambian women and children are filing a class action lawsuit against mining giant Anglo American for decades of lead poisoning at a mine they say it controlled. Illegal gold mining ...

With a tackle box and a fishing pole, Gary Sanders baits his hook with a worm and casts his line into the river outside of Desloge, Missouri. “I caught a couple little bass,” he says. ”I think they ...

A company called Nexgen Silica hopes to build a mine in St. Genevieve County. Residents who live with the toxic legacy of lead mining worry history could be repeating itself. Pickle Creek runs two ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in ...

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