Thousands of abandoned telephone cables throughout the US are likely leaching toxic lead into American soil and waterways, an extensive new report by The Wall Street Journal has revealed. These leaded ...

Eight miles of lead cable have been removed from Lake Tahoe, following years of advocacy by organizations dedicated to its preservation. Over the course of about three weeks this month, AT&T removed ...

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.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. / Nev. – AT&T has announced it will resume removal of the controversial lead-clad cables in Lake Tahoe. The company halted cable removal in 2023 upon media reports questioning the ...

Lake Tahoe is one of the most protected bodies of water in the country — and yet, for decades, 8 miles of lead-clad cables have been abandoned underwater, where they remain today. Those lead cables ...

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – Project partners are returning to Baldwin Beach this upcoming fall to tackle the final phase of lead cable removal, pulling out the last 75 feet of the nearly 100 year old ...

The U.S. Justice Department and EPA are investigating possible health and environmental issues from lead cables used by AT&T and Verizon. AT&T faces the biggest risk as it has the most lead cables in ...

July 20 (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday directed state departments to investigate health risks associated with old lead-clad cables left by telecommunication companies. Sign up ...

AT&T (NYSE:T) has halted its plan to remove lead cables in the Lake Tahoe area and will test lead levels at locations where it has lead sheathed cables, according to a court filing. The moves come in ...

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 ...

Is The Wall Street Journal turning into ProPublica? The Wall Street Journal has always been known as a right-leaning editorial page but a down-the-middle news section that proved its mettle by ...