NEWARK, N.J. --The Environmental Protection Agency says that over four years, the drinking water in431 schools nationwide was found to contain unsafe levels of lead. On Thursday, the agency began testing Pre-K students in Newark afterlead was found in the water at 30 schools. "I think sc...
the pilot program, Cynthia Dougherty, director of EPA's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, asked members of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council how best to target school districts and daycare facilities in areas suspected to have the highest levels of lead exposure in ...
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...
Millions in the U.S. could currently be at risk of consuming toxic material through their drinking water, according to a new survey released by the Environmental Protection Agency. The report found there are more than 9 million lead service lines – known to be a "significant source" of lead...
Lead in drinking water has been linked to developmental delays in children and can damage the brain, red blood cells and kidneys. It is most often caused by lead service lines—pipes connecting a home to a water main—or lead fixtures in a home or school. ...
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...
, clean water director for the environment america research & policy center, said in a news release. “but parents should know that the epa has missed a major opportunity to safeguard water at school, where our kids go to learn and play each day.” while most s...
Additionally, this week EPA announced how it will distribute $4.3 million under the separate WIIN Act Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking Water Tribal Grant Program. This funding will be used to help protect children in tribal communities from lead in drinking water at ...
EPA is launching an initiative to provide funding and technical assistance to 200 underserved communities that need help identifying lead service lines (LSL) and planning for their removal, actions that are required for compliance with current and future drinking water rules though states say many ...
aIn a similar fashion, the EPA’s decision to reduce the drinking water standard for lead from 50 ppb to 5 ppb, in 1986, resulted in bans on use of lead in plumbing solders and fixtures to avoid exceedances due to leaching of lead into drinking water. 相似地,使饮用水标准降低的EPA的...