Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• US lowers cutoff for lead poisoning in kids

  May 16, 2012 in Nation/World ATLANTA — For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children. 4

• WSU scientists save poisoned bald eagle

  March 15, 2012 in Region SPOKANE — Scientists at Washington State University were able to save a bald eagle that was found in Idaho suffering from lead poisoning, and this week, they released the majestic … 4

• Late springs prove fatal for swans

  May 29, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 We’d like to think we live in a relatively pristine area without need for environmental regulations or Superfund help. But 150 or so tundra swans a year tell us something …

• Washington state to investigate unsafe folk remedies

  March 26, 2010 in City on Page A5 The Washington State Department of Health will use a $97,000 federal grant to investigate the use of potentially deadly folk remedies.

• EPA adds lead rules to painters’ prep work

  February 3, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 Spokane’s South Hill provides painting contractor Shon Vantuyl with most of his clients. Many of the Craftsman-style homes he works on date to the early 1900s, when lead was a … 2

• Restrictions aim to reduce toxic impacts of hunting, fishing

  May 17, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 Anglers have a sinking feeling about rising concerns over lead poisoning. Hunters are recoiling, too.

• Washington lags in loon protection

  May 17, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 Loons are particularly vulnerable to death from ingesting even a single lead sinker. Several states, including New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and Virginia, plus 13 national wildlife refuges …

• Toxic marshes deadly to swans

  April 18, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 ROSE LAKE, Idaho – Even near death, tundra swans are graceful. Snowy necks arch and flex as the birds – victims of lead poisoning – gasp for breath. Wings rise …

• Lead levels in kids decline

  March 2, 2009 in City on Page A1 CHICAGO – In a stunning improvement in children’s health, far fewer kids have high lead levels than 20 years ago, new government research reports – a testament to aggressive efforts …

• Health Study Planned For Cda Basin

  June 24, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 Health workers will be going door to door from the Idaho-Montana border to the Chain Lakes this summer, collecting blood and urine samples from hundreds of people. The sampling is …

• Lead Passes Into Womb, Tests Show Fears Of Silver Valley Residents Confirmed By Latest Research

  June 24, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 A study tracking the movement of lead in pregnant mothers confirms what people in the Silver Valley have suspected for years: lead can be passed on to children. The study, …