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Driving more and complete lead service line replacements. For the first time, requiring testing in schools and childcare facilities. Requiring water systems to identify and make public the locations of lead service lines.To comply with the new rules, communities will need to inventory all water sys...
On Thursday, the agency began testing Pre-K students in Newark afterlead was found in the water at 30 schools. "I think school is the first place that they should be safe at," father Tanquir Walker told CBS News. "That just goes to show they are not on top of their game." The N...
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But one advocacy group noted the change falls short because it doesn't also require water utilities to halt the contamination of lead in schools’ drinking water. “In setting a 10-year deadline for most utilities to replace lead pipes, the Biden administration is taki...
Hands-on training includes testing for lead in paint; methods for minimizing the creation of dust and lead-based paint hazards; interior and exterior containment and cleanup methods; and cleaning verification. The RRP Rule, which went into effect in April 2010, mandates lead-safe certification and...
WASA Violated Lead Law, EPA Says; Public Alert, Testing Called InadequateDavid NakamuraCarol D. Leonnig
Approximately 25 million children ride buses to school in the United States. While school buses are the safest school transport from an accident perspective, older buses often expose students to high levels of diesel exhaust. Because these exposures can adversely impact health, which may lead to mo...
the end of his term, after years of efforts by advocates. Those rules forced utilities to take stronger action when lead levels rose too high and required them to test day-care centers and schools. They also made communities locate their lead pipes - initial inventories are due in October ...
“This decision could have damaging implications for communities across New York state and the country, from delaying testing for lead in schools to restricting efforts to keep drinking water clean to holding up much-needed funding to revitalize toxic brownfield sites,” Schumer said. The executive...