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 ...

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At least 2,000 outdated landline phone cables owned by AT&T, Verizon and other telecom giants are contaminating US soil and water with lead, which can cause brain damage, infertility and kidney ...

AT&T's Pac Bell will pay up to $1.5 million in a settlement to remove eight miles of telephone cables from Lake Tahoe, the Associated Press reported. Pac Bell agreed to place the $1.5 million in an ...

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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 ...