Artisanal lead mining in Nigeria is responsible for airborne lead exposures that are 10 times the U.S. Permissible Exposure Limit according to a study published today. This is the first study to ...

Steve Hench watches his 3-year-old son, Oliver Hench, swinging in a park in Weir, Kansas. WEIR, Kansas — Johanna Schmid and her husband, Steve Hench, live in an older home in Weir, Kansas. Their lives ...

Hermosa is a polymetallic development comprising the zinc/lead/silver Taylor sulphide deposit, the zinc/manganese/silver ...

In a soft, faltering voice, her large brown eyes staring absently ahead, Winfrida Besa repeats "A-B-C-D" over and over as she tries to sing the ABCs. With her thin ...

People dressed as prospectors and cowboys cheered from the top of floats depicting life in the old West as they tossed candy to the crowds gathered for Fredericktown’s 63rd Azalea Festival on May 4.

WEIR, Kan. (KCUR) — Johanna Schmid and her husband, Steve Hench, live in an older home in Weir, Kansas. Their lives are busy — they have five kids. Three of those kids are under the age of three. Last ...