SPRINGFIELD — Inspectors with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found lead after swiping the hands of telephone line workers in Springfield. They performed the tests after workers ...

A construction worker works on dislodging an old lead line in the basement of a house before his colleague pulls it out using an excavator. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror This story is part of CT ...

SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey D-Mass., wants to know where Verizon’s old lead-sheathed telephone cables are and what the legacy phone company is doing to protect its workers and the public.

If your home has old lead water pipes, there's a chance that harmful concentrations of lead may be present in your water. An experimental new device could soon allow homeowners to check for themselves ...