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A Trillion Dollar Problem: Shocking New Study Reveals That 25% of U.S. Yards Have Unsafe Levels of Lead


Nearly 40% of households may exceed safety recommendations due to multiple sources of lead exposure. Nationally, applying standard remediation techniques to address this could exceed costs of $1 trillion. A new study reveals that approximately one in four U.S. households have soil that contains lea

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