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After selling over 40,000 hazardous and recalled items, Amazon was found selling lead-lined kitchen faucets.

Amazon Caught Selling Kitchen Faucets That Leach Lead Directly Into Your Water

The Stanley lead drama continues apace, and now, disgruntled buyers are taking the company to court for allegedly misleading them.

Science & Energy

Lawsuits Piling Up Against Stanley Cups Due to Lead Content

By Noor Al-Sibai

Stanley's wildly popular cups contain lead. The company says that lead poisoning due to using the viral tumblers is "rare" — but possible.

Stanley Cups Only Expose Drinkers to Lead If Damaged, Company Says

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new report by Consumer Reports found that all 28 bars of dark chocolate that it tested contained lead and cadmium, and 25 had especially high levels.

Popular Dark Chocolate Brands Contain Dangerous Heavy Metals, Report Finds

By Frank Landymore

Bald and golden eagles in the US are facing a new existential threat: lead poisoning caused by bullet fragments left behind by hunters.

Science & Energy

Eagles Have Chronic Lead Poisoning Because America Is So Full of Bullets, Scientists Warn

By Victor Tangermann

A massive study on over 1.1 million blood samples found that half of American kids under the age of 6 could have lead in their blood.

Half of American Kids Have Lead in Their Blood, Doctors Say

By Dan Robitzski

Electric Vehicles Are the Future, but Their Batteries Are Stuck in the Past

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Are the Future, but Their Batteries Are Stuck in the Past

By Claudia Geib

Study Asserts Lead in Flint’s Water Had “Horrifyingly Large” Effect on Birth Rates

Health & Medicine

Study Asserts Lead in Flint’s Water Had “Horrifyingly Large” Effect on Birth Rates