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Contractors renovating U.S. homes built before 1978 must take special precautions to avoid exposing children to lead paint under a regulation announced Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

In another sign of fallout from the foreclosure epidemic, the East Bay's largest water agency today will consider whether to ban itself from turning off water to rental properties where the landlord has stopped paying the bill.

For years, credit card issuers have gotten away with withholding contracts from customers until they actually have the plastic in their hands...Now it looks like Verizon has adopted the same technique.

A newly released study commissioned by the Organic Consumers Association (OCA)...analyzes leading "natural" and "organic" brand shampoos, body washes, lotions and other personal care products for the presence of the undisclosed carcinogenic contaminant 1,4-Dioxane.

...low-income renters who have the right to remain in their homes are increasingly being harassed in foreclosure proceedings by lenders eager to be rid of them.