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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abandoned telephone cables are contaminating soil and waterways throughout the U.S. with toxic lead, according to an in-depth ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. An investigation has revealed that more than 2,000 lead-covered cables left behind by ...

AT&T’s legacy telephone network may have nearly 200,000 miles of lead-covered cables, according to an estimate by AT&T submitted in a court filing. “Based on its records, AT&T estimates that lead-clad ...

The Environmental Protection Agency sent letters requesting telecom companies to meet with the agency about their lead-sheathed phone cables, in a new phase of an investigation in the EPA’s efforts to ...

Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay is one of the sites where telephone cables were recently removed from. Ken Lund via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 Miles of defunct, lead-covered telephone cables have long sat ...

When reporters revealed that thousands of abandoned telephone cables were leaching lead into American soil and water, the ...

Did you read the article? E: maybe that was too harsh. If it's not clear, lead-sheath means the lead is part of the insulation. These aren't phone lines made of lead instead of copper. The concern is ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Kate Linebaugh: On a freezing march morning in Northern California, two divers ...

One parish and two south Louisiana cities have filed a proposed class action lawsuit against two telecom giants accusing them of failing to remove deteriorating lead-wrapped cables that they say are ...

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 ...

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 ...