Lead in Air: EPA’s Rollbacks and Delays Undermine Progress
EPA’s action on air standards contradicts it claim to seek to ensure continued progress in reducing lead exposure.
Category: Air
Lead in Aviation Fuel: FAA’s Draft Transition Plan to Meet 2030 Phase-Out Deadline
Removing tetraethyl lead from aviation gas would keep about 800,000 pounds of lead from being spread across the U.S. each year.
Lead-Based Paint: Updating Risk Assessments for Dust-Lead Under EPA’s 2024 Rule
Navigating and communicating the changes can be difficult. Here are some tips.
Lead Cleanups: Inspiration from LEAD Agency, Northeast Oklahoma
It is one thing to hear about the damage done by the mines and the massive cleanups underway. It takes a visit to appreciate the vast scale of the sites.
White House, EPA Turn Talk into Action: An Unprecedented October
EPA improved its Lead and Copper Rule and revamped its interior dust lead standards, turning years of talk about “no safe level of lead exposure” into policy and action.
Finding Lead-Sheathed Telecom Cables that Contaminate Your Neighborhood
Oregon State University researcher spotlights environmental contamination of obsolete telecom cables. That should spur regulators and legislators to act! You can act, too!
Lead in Paint: RI’s New Rental Registry Gets Boost from Legislature
Our research shows low compliance with lead certificates, but the sate’s rental registry could help.
Lead in Paint: Contractor Machine-Sands Lead-Based Paint without Protection
EPA’s lead-safe work practices should be the norm. Unfortunately, they are not.