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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey D-Mass., wants to know where Verizon’s old lead-sheathed telephone cables are and what ...

ALBANY — We’ve all heard and read about the hazards of lead in the environment — in old paint or in aging municipal water systems. But there is also lead in aging overhead and buried phone lines in ...

EDF requested that EPA investigate: . . . the uncontrolled release of lead into the water or surface soil from more than 2,000 lead-sheathed telecom and power cables across the nation with more than ...

Concerns about potential widespread lead contamination of residential neighborhoods, schools and drinking water supplies from lead sheathing in telecommunications wires, fueled by a series of recent ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A Massachusetts lawmaker is looking for answers from Verizon on the toxic lead exposure to workers in telecommunications. In May, the National Institute for Occupational ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – In a major milestone for efforts to Keep Tahoe Blue, the League to Save Lake Tahoe announced that the removal of lead-sheathed telecommunication cables from below Lake Tahoe ...

Telecom networks once used the toxic substance, but companies want to keep the public in the dark about where the lines are. This park in Wappingers Falls was investigated for lead content in the soil ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — According to a scientific study, Portland has a lead problem. One of the culprits the study cites is one you may not have guessed: lead-sheathed telecom cables. “Those are ...

The lawsuits draw on reporting from the Wall Street Journal asserting that lead-sheathed cables that various telecom companies inherited from Bell System are leaching lead into the environment.

A Wall Street Journal investigation found many lead-sheathed telecom cables that posed a potential threat to drinking water sources When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...