/tags/lead lead en-US Copyright Thu, 16 May 2024 19:13:25 GMT /local-news/2024-05-16/lead-safe-hamilton-county-homeowners Learn how state funding will help pay for repairs to Ohio homes with lead paint. Thu, 16 May 2024 19:13:25 GMT /local-news/2024-05-16/lead-safe-hamilton-county-homeowners Bill Rinehart /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-01-30/ohio-state-local-health-officials-lead-paint-exposure More than 67% of all housing in Ohio was built before 1980 and is likely to have some lead-based paint, either inside or outside, according to the Ohio Department of Health. Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2023-01-30/ohio-state-local-health-officials-lead-paint-exposure /local-news/2022-09-08/cincinnati-water-works-grants-replace-lead-lines-pregnant-people-kids To date, Greater Cincinnati Water Works has completed replacements at 29 homes and has 31 pending. The goal is to get to 184 using the grant, and people can still sign up. Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:25:07 GMT /local-news/2022-09-08/cincinnati-water-works-grants-replace-lead-lines-pregnant-people-kids Tana Weingartner /podcast/focus-on-technology/2021-11-22/confluence-technology-lead-line-identification Fifteen billion dollars in the $1 trillion infrastructure bill has been earmarked for replacing lead water service lines. The problem is there are so many that it might take $60 billion dollars to do the job. And most utilities say they are not ready to comply. Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:45:00 GMT /podcast/focus-on-technology/2021-11-22/confluence-technology-lead-line-identification Ann Thompson /health/2019-04-23/can-reading-counteract-the-effects-of-lead-poisoning About a year ago, at one years old, Eden Tobik was found to have a blood lead level of 19. Any amount of lead is harmful to young children; five is the threshold of concern. Her mother, Casey Tobik, was devastated. “Shock, guilt, shame, fear, despair, terror, sets in,” said Tobik. “And then you Google it and it gets even worse.” Tue, 23 Apr 2019 10:00:00 GMT /health/2019-04-23/can-reading-counteract-the-effects-of-lead-poisoning /local-news/2016-12-20/cincinnati-moves-forward-with-plans-to-replace-lead-water-service-lines Officials with Cincinnati Water Works are gearing up for a 15-year project to replace remaining lead service lines in the city. City council approved the… Tue, 20 Dec 2016 19:03:17 GMT /local-news/2016-12-20/cincinnati-moves-forward-with-plans-to-replace-lead-water-service-lines Jay Hanselman /local-news/2016-09-13/cincinnati-could-begin-replacing-private-lead-water-lines Greater Cincinnati Water Works wants to change the way it's replacing lead service lines to some homes and businesses in the city. It's proposing to… Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:39:39 GMT /local-news/2016-09-13/cincinnati-could-begin-replacing-private-lead-water-lines Jay Hanselman /local-news/2016-07-07/miami-valley-hospital-says-its-water-is-safe-to-drink-again Two weeks after Miami Valley Hospital discovered lead in the city water supply for two of its buildings, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency… Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:54:29 GMT /local-news/2016-07-07/miami-valley-hospital-says-its-water-is-safe-to-drink-again Ann Thompson /local-news/2016-06-21/tests-find-lead-in-water-at-miami-valley-hospital Miami Valley Hospital has found lead in its water during routine testing. The hospital is temporarily discontinuing use of water in the affected parts of… Tue, 21 Jun 2016 20:47:08 GMT /local-news/2016-06-21/tests-find-lead-in-water-at-miami-valley-hospital Tana Weingartner /local-news/2016-06-10/cincinnati-water-works-updates-on-lead-progress The Greater Cincinnati Water Works has sent out 1,543 test kits so residents can check the lead level in their drinking water. So far, 853 have been… Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:18:02 GMT /local-news/2016-06-10/cincinnati-water-works-updates-on-lead-progress Jay Hanselman