Among the proposed changes, the EPA is planning to revise its Lead and Copper Rule to improve monitoring and update guidance for lead testing in school drinking water. Some scientists are skeptical that t...
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...
In April, anEPA reportfound there are more than 9 million lead service lines – known to be a "significant source" of lead contamination – used to carry drinking water to homes throughout the nation. The Biden administration has previously said it wants all of the nation's roughly 9 milli...
Others at EPA believed Levin’s analysis exaggerated the benefits of new regulations and some CDC officials argued that focusing on drinking water would take away from the fight against lead paint, according to a book about the science at EPA by Mark ...
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Betsy Southerland, a senior EPAwaterofficial under the Obama administration, said the new proposals largely miss the opportunity to boost the urgency of the country's rules, issued in 1991, for cleaning up lead inwater systems. Asked her overall impression, she said, "I would say disappointing...
In 2008, EPA released LCR revisions and guidance that directs drinking water utilities to collaborate with public health departments and other organizations to extend the reach on information about lead in water. Many of these recommendations were modeled after the approach used by the Portland Water...
, 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 sc...
Lead pipes are known to pose a health hazard to those who rely on them for water, and are "typically the most significant source of lead in the water," according to the EPA. "In homes with lead pipes that connect the home to the water main, also known as lead services lines, these...
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