The air filter humming away on her desk is a new addition to North Carolina Rep. Maria Cervania’s office. It’s been there ever since she came around the corner from her office late one night to find a ...

State education leaders approved temporary rules Thursday telling schools and child care facilities how they must test for lead and asbestos in their buildings. The testing is required under language ...

Thousands of North Carolina public schools will be tested in the next three years to try to remove unsafe levels of lead and asbestos that could endanger students. The state is using $150 million in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Keeping kids safe in ...

Stroudsburg Area School District is tackling asbestos removal projects at three locations. The vast majority of the work will take place at Clearview Elementary School, which closed in 2015. Work will ...

For years, bills have been introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly calling for the removal of lead from drinking water at public schools and licensed child care centers. Each time, the bills ...

Billion-dollar companies are using Charlotte, North Carolina’s bankruptcy court to dodge lawsuits from thousands of people who were sickened by asbestos, families and their lawyers say. Using a ...

A contractor was fined $28,800 for asbestos violations at a former Nissan dealership in Salem. The company failed to use a licensed asbestos abatement contractor for the fire-damaged site. The ...

This photo from a CMS water quality report shows the water fountain (left) in the Garinger High cafeteria that had an extremely high level of lead in the water when it was tested Oct. 17, 2018. File ...