Lead is a nightmare to regulate because unlike other water contaminants, it enters drinking water through pipes and plumbing fixtures after the water has already come out of the treatment plant. It also can vary widely – a family consuming dangerous amo...
EPA Cracks Down on Lead in Drinking WaterJOHN HEILPRIN
and rapidly. Lead pipes connect water mains in the street to homes and are typically the biggest source of lead in drinking water. They are most common in older, industrial parts of the country.
“EPA’s proposed Lead and Copper rule is grounded in the best available science and successful practices utilized by drinking water systems to protect children and adults from lead in drinking water,” added EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox. “Cities like Newark, NJ...
and Assessment, conducted in 2021 as part of requirements under the Safe Drinking Water Act, looked at more than 3,600 public water systems across the country and its territories. Based on those results, EPA officials estimate that there are roughly 9.2 million lead service lines in the U.S...
Another Year, Another Delay for EPA Limits on Lead in WaterThe EPA has a long way to go before it completes a years-long effort to lower the legal amount of lead that can be in drinking water, senior officials in the agency told Bloomberg Environment. This is despite the fact that the...
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The Trump administration on Thursday proposed a rewrite of rules for dealing with lead pipes contaminating drinking water, but critics say the changes appear to give water systems decades more time to replace pipes leaching dangerous amounts of toxic lea
The Biden-Harris Administration announced plans to advance protections from lead in drinking water and other sources on Dec. 16.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule on Tuesday requiring the replacement of all lead drinking-water pipes within the next 10 years, a significant step to protect public health from the long-term effects of lead exposure. The new rule updates the Lead and Copper ...