Lead-sheathed cables, suspended from support wires with loops, were installed across the U.S. starting in the late 1800s and were phased out in the 1960’s.

What is the status of Verizon’s efforts to compile a comprehensive inventory, including geographic mapping, of all known and ...

A Massachusetts lawmaker is looking for answers from Verizon on the toxic lead exposure to workers in telecommunications.

(KRON) — In an effort to “Keep Tahoe Blue,” crews removed eight miles of lead-sheathed telecommunication cables from below Lake Tahoe’s waters. The League to Save Lake Tahoe said … ...

Over the course of about three weeks this month, AT&T removed more than 75 tons of defunct, lead-sheathed telecommunication cable from Lake Tahoe, which was installed nearly a century ago.

Verizon has defeated a lawsuit filed by a utility pole worker who claims that lead cables made him sick. A federal judge on Friday granted Verizon's motion to dismiss the complaint, which sought ...

Lead-sheathed telecom cables and historic leaded gasoline emissions substantially raise environmental lead levels in Portland, Oregon. Communications Earth & Environment , 2024; 5 (1) DOI: 10.1038 ...

A lead-sheathed telecommunications cable, shown here in an undated provided photo. A recent study from Oregon State University found that lead levels in moss are as much as 600 times higher in ...

Scientists have found elevated lead levels on moss in some of Portland's oldest neighborhoods. Although U.S. officials have banned multiple lead-based products, the Wall Street Journal reported in ...

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 ...