Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Feds outline Silver Valley cleanup in N. Idaho

  November 12, 2012 in Idaho COEUR D’ALENE — The federal government has released its implementation plan for the first 10 years of a massive cleanup of a century’s worth of mining pollution in Idaho’s Silver … 2

• Kids Health Fair educates youth

  September 19, 2012 in Green Local News, Health As fall and winter approaches, the need is growing for kids to keep healthy and warm. Shoshone Medical Center Booster Club members are hoping they can help.

• City of Spokane ready to get the lead out

  September 11, 2012 in Health on Page C3 The city of Spokane has more than $3 million in federal money to pay to reduce lead hazards in low-income homes, and it’s ready to start spending. Its Lead Safe …

• Living with lead

  September 11, 2012 in Features, Health on Page C1 To test, or not to test, kids for lead poisoning. In Spokane, the question is put to parents. Unlike some states, Washington requires no blood-lead testing of children before they … 3

• Lead level standard lowered for children

  May 17, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 ATLANTA – For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children. The new standard announced Wednesday means that hundreds …

• Minimizing lead exposure

  September 15, 2011 in Outdoors on Page K10 Studies have indicated people can be subject to lead exposure by eating certain game meats taken by hunters shooting lead bullets. Ground meats tend to offer the highest risks if …

• Tests show most reusable shopping bags safe

  June 4, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Tests done on reusable shopping bags in Washington showed that most are within state limits for heavy metals. Thirty-one reusable bags from name brand retailers were tested in the state …

• Field reports: Area fishing events geared to kids

  May 1, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C9 FISHING –A trailer full of fishing gear for kids to borrow and use at a nearby trout pond will debut this week in North Idaho. Idaho Fish and Game’s “Take …

• Lead tackle restricted at 13 northern Washington lakes

  April 14, 2011 in Outdoors, Sports on Page K11 Starting this season, certain lead fishing tackle will not be allowed for fishing at 13 northern Washington lakes to help protect nesting loons. The Eastern Washington lakes are:

• Flooding spiked lead levels in Lake Coeur d’Alene

  March 24, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 An estimated 352,000 pounds of lead washed into Lake Coeur d’Alene on Jan. 18 after flooding related to a rain-on-snow event. That’s the weight equivalent of 70 Dodge Ram 1500 … 13

• Wildlife panel limits tackle use

  December 8, 2010 in City, Outdoors on Page A6 The use of lead fishing tackle will be restricted at 13 northern Washington lakes frequented by nesting common loons, the state Fish and Wildlife commission decided during its meeting Saturday …

• Wetland project a boon for birds along Coeur d’Alene River

  September 30, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 Tundra swans that stop to feed in Mike Schlepp’s wetlands won’t end up with gullets full of lead. Since 2007, the federal government has worked to transform 400 acres of …

• Lead screening still a dilemma in Silver Valley

  June 30, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 Community leaders in Idaho’s Silver Valley are searching for ways to encourage more parents to have their children tested for lead exposure. Paying parents to have their kids screened might …

• Agencies seek more lead testing

  June 17, 2010 in City, Idaho A workshop on how to increase blood-lead testing of children and pregnant women in the Silver Valley is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 29 at Silver …

• New EPA rule requires more care around lead paint

  April 21, 2010 in Nation/World Contractors across the country must take additional precautions when renovating houses where children could be exposed to lead dust from old paint, a safety measure that could add thousands of … 2

• 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.

• Accuracy watch

  December 12, 2009 in City on Page A2 For 12-12-2009

• Third-party safety tests not required for Mattel

  August 27, 2009 in Nation/World Toy-makers, clothing manufacturers and other companies selling products for young children are submitting samples to independent laboratories for safety tests. But the nation’s largest toy maker, Mattel, isn’t being required …

• 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 …

• 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 …

• New lead rules put dirt bikes in storage

  February 16, 2009 in City on Page A6 HELENA – A new national limit on lead in children’s products – which has toy makers scrambling for new testing methods and retailers for storage space for inventory they’re not …

• Toy makers worry about new lead laws

  December 26, 2008 in Business on Page A9 SAN FRANCISCO – Worries over lead paint in mass-market toys made the holidays a little brighter for handcrafted toy makers last year, but now the federal government’s response to the …