RUBICON BAY, Calif. – The drive from South Lake Tahoe to the West Shore is filled with breathtaking views of crisp blue water, rugged alpine shores, and lakefront homes scattered throughout the ...

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 ...

AT&T, Verizon and other telecom giants have left behind a sprawling network of cables covered in toxic lead that stretches across the U.S., under the water, in the soil and on poles overhead, a Wall ...

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 ...

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – Many organizations and beachgoers are rejoicing following the final leg of lead cable removal at Baldwin Beach that took place Sept. 17-18, which unearthed 75 feet of cable ...

Eight miles of lead telecommunications cable were installed in Lake Tahoe in 1929. The League to Save Lake Tahoe became aware of the cables in 2020. In tandem with Below the Blue, the league began ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The U.S. environmental regulator said Thursday soil sampling for lead in two Pennsylvania towns near telecommunications cables indicate "no threats to the health of people nearby that would warrant" ...

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 ...