Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials have stopped using lead-based paint on large transmission towers and soon will begin a project to strip and repaint 6,000 lead-based-paint-coated towers across the ...

WALNUT CREEK — The paint flaking off the PG&E transmission tower in a Saranap backyard may contain hazardous lead that has long been banned as a health threat, especially for children and infants.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the task of protecting the public from the hazards of lead-based paints. Another arm of the federal government, the Occupational Safety and Health ...

PG&E is undertaking a campaign to repaint about ?6,000 electric transmission towers coated with lead-based paint, including 65 of the tall structures in Sonoma County. Letters will be sent this week ...

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, lead can affect almost every organ and system in your body. Lead is so dangerous that it has been banned in gasoline and indoor paint. However, ...

ANTIOCH — The Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced that it will end the use of lead-based paint on transmission towers and will begin the removal process on more than 6,000 towers this summer.