Lead does not break down over time and so accumulates in soil, but not much federal testing or scientific research has focused on the potential risks coming from lead-sheathed telephone cables. READ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of abandoned telephone cables throughout the US are likely leaching toxic lead into American soil and waterways, an ...

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 ...

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (“Alliance”) issued a September 18th news release stating that Pacific Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a ATT&T of California (“Pacific Bell”) has agreed to ...

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 ...

Boston College Professor of Biology Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., founding director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good, joined a roundtable discussion on February 5 that sought ...

A Wall Street Journal investigation has revealed potential health and environmental risks associated with lead-sheathed cables used by AT&T and Verizon in the past, which could lead to significant ...

CHICOPEE — New York University environmental health professor Jack Caravanos asked U.S. Sen. Ed Markey Monday to read the output of a handheld X-ray Caravanos uses to detect lead in soils. Moments ...

Eight miles of lead cable have been removed from Lake Tahoe, following years of advocacy by organizations dedicated to its preservation. Over the course of about three weeks this month, AT&T removed ...

Major U.S. telecom stocks slipped late Thursday as the Environmental Protection Agency called on them to meet about their lead-sheathed phone cables, the WSJ reported. The telecom letters start a new ...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting on toxic lead cables left behind by telecom giants all across the country. Have something we should look into? Tell us here or send us an email at ...

Thousands of abandoned telephone cables throughout the US are likely leaching toxic lead into American soil and waterways, an extensive new report by The Wall Street Journal has revealed. These leaded ...