ATLANTA — Three years after the federal government set aside money for Georgia schools and childcare centers to test their water for lead, a majority still haven't. 11Alive News Investigates analyzed ...

The Ohio Department of Health wants to work with lawmakers to find ways to increase radon testing in schools after a Dispatch ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine again called on all schools to test for radon after The Dispatch's "Invisible Killer" investigation.

If kids learned about radon in science class, their teachers would tell them there’s wide agreement on what the radioactive gas is, how it gets into buildings and the harm it can do to someone’s ...

PennEnvironment says school districts skip lead testing, don’t test all of their outlets and, in some cases, fail to report test results. File photo: Water fountains at a Philadelphia charter school ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect the Iowa Department of Education's response, provided after the article was initially published on Oct. 1, 2025. When a pulmonologist told Gail ...

Twelve preschoolers sat cross-legged in a circle in Delaware Primary School’s Room 105 as their teacher passed around gingerbread to smell. In the corner of the room is a kid-sized sink and water ...

AT SIX. WE KNOW IOWA HAS THE HIGHEST RADON CONCENTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY. AND TONIGHT WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT TESTING FOR THIS HEALTH HAZARD IN SCHOOLS. RADON EXPOSURE IN KIDS CAN IMPACT THEIR ...

The Florida Senate on Thursday passed a wide-ranging education bill that includes eliminating a requirement that high-school students pass algebra and language-arts tests to earn standard diplomas.

A law signed in 2022 requires public schools in Iowa to test and potentially mitigate for radon by 2027. Under state law, child care centers and early education facilities must also test for the ...