Six months ago, Indiana lowered the threshold for when children with lead in their blood can start to receive services -- cutting it in half from 10 micrograms per deciliter to 5. That means local health departments are doing more home visits, educating more parents and informing more doctors when a child has elevated lead levels.

The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority will use nearly $5 million in federal funding for grants to mitigate lead paint and radon issues in more than 160 homes across the state.

How Indiana defines a disadvantaged community could exclude some Black and Brown neighborhoods disproportionately harmed by lead.

The state adopted an emergency rule last month to lower the threshold for when public health agencies have to address elevated blood lead levels in children -- and will consider making the change permanent.

Among other things, the bill would require those who maintain public housing to test for lead, notify residents if it was found, and help reduce their lead exposure through things like water filters.

The company Two Chicks And A Hammer agreed to pay $40,000 in a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency.

In the 1930s and 40s, the Beck's Lake area on South Bend's west side was used as an industrial dumping ground.

A bill that could reduce the number of dams that fall under the states jurisdiction passed the House on Tuesday. And the Senate passed a bill to offer lead testing for all Indiana children under 6 through their doctor.

Getting your child screened for lead could be as easy as taking them to the doctor if a state House bill becomes law.

The program aims to break down barriers for Black, Brown and other communities of color, and lower-income communities who are more likely to be exposed to lead at home.