JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CN) - Doe Run Resources - the nation's largest lead producer - will spend $72 million to settle claims that it violated environmental laws. Doe Run will spend $65 million to ...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has completed an initial screening of suspected lead smelter sites located in Detroit. The screening study was commissioned to determine if there are ...

There used to be hundreds of smelters in the U.S. that recycled the lead in old car batteries. One of the few remaining is Quemetco, located in a suburb east of Los Angeles. It’s not only still ...

The Gopher Resource lead smelting facility in Tampa, Florida. Federal regulators on Sept. 30, 2021 gave Gopher Resource a “willful violation” for exposing workers to inhalation hazards. The ...

The owner of the nation's largest lead smelter has agreed to buy 160 nearby homes, the most dramatic step taken so far to protect the community's children from pollution. After six hours of ...