Lead in Dust, Soil, and Paint: Trump Administration’s Alarming Rollbacks
The big concerns: White House floats funding cuts for lead programs; EPA weakens lead-soil rules; and HUD creates barriers to grant education access.
Category: Lead
Lead in Food: Trump’s FDA Continues Important, But Modest, Actions
Reactionary measures don’t solve root causes, but they do provide some protection.
Lead in Water: EPA Defends LCRI and Issues Important LSL Information
EPA sends mixed signals. It is too soon to tell what that means.
Lead in Baby Food: What About Dietary Supplements?
Only 3 of 10 dietary supplement brands disclose test results.
Lead in Baby Food: What is “Publicly Available”?
CDPH appears to say that buying a product to access test results is OK.
Lead in Prenatal Multivitamins: California’s Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Testing and Disclosure
Unleaded Kids is proud to have co-sponsored protective prenatal legislation.
Good News from New Jersey for Trenton’s Historic Potteries Cleanup, Drinking Water
Federal and state efforts on lead are a promising sign.
Perovskite Test Kits Detect Lead at Lower Levels and Costs: Potential Game-Changer
We see tremendous, perhaps game-changing, potential from perovskite test kits as a screening tool in a wide range of personal and professional uses.
Collaborating with Community-based Organizations: Models from Lead-Free New Jersey
Hear from four leaders in New Jersey about the benefits and challenges of engaging CBOs and how to find and support them.
Lead-Sheathed Telecom Cables: NIOSH Finds Significant Risks to Workers in Manholes
Beyond telecom workers, NIOSH’s report raises significant issues for anyone living, playing or learning around the thousands of miles of lead-sheathed telecom cables that are hanging between telephone poles, often no longer in active use.