Lead in Water: CPSC Warns About High-Lead Faucets Available on Amazon
“Lead-free” is a misnomer for plumbing devices. Lead is still commonly found in brass and bronze, often because it is an intentional addition to make the alloy more machinable.
Category: Pipes
White House Proposes Potentially Backbreaking Cuts for Lead Programs
The priorities reflected in the early May budget proposal show a misunderstanding about federal lead programs.
Protecting Kids from Lead: 10 Reasons to be Thankful
There have been many wins in 2024, and we are excited to review them.
Lead in Water: All Lead Service Lines to be Replaced!
EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Improvement is a major step to a safer future for everyone who drinks tap water in America.
Lead in Water: American Water Maps 1.2 Million Service Lines in 11 States
This tool will help millions of customers, homeowners, and potential buyers and renters. However, it is one pixel in a much larger picture of lead in homes.
Lead in Water: BlueConduit Maps Potential LSLs
Predictive modeling provides estimate of LSLs for each utility and can be a platform to provide information on each home.
Lead in Paint: HUD Asks Congress to Allow Grants to be Awarded by Formula
This is the first time HUD has proposed a formula approach, saying it will “allow more efficient distribution of funding to the highest need communities, streamline the selection and award of grants for communities facing large lead paint problems.” The balance will be competitive and “open to a broader range of States, Native American Tribes, and communities with pre-1978 rental housing.”
Lead in Water: IRS Resolves Lingering LSL Replacement Question
IRS concludes that “the replacement of lead service lines under the programs described above does not result in income to the residential property owners under § 61 of the Internal Revenue Code.” The property owners’ financial need is not a factor.
Lead in Water: Our Comments on EPA’s Proposed Improvements to LCR
If finalized as proposed, the rule should virtually eliminate the estimated 9.2 million lead service lines (LSLs) from our public water systems with the vast majority replaced by 2037. This would be a major achievement in the effort to reduce children’s and adult’s exposure to lead in drinking water.
Lead in Water: Critical Ambiguity in EPA’s Proposed Lead and Copper Rule
As Unleaded Kids was preparing to submit comments by the February 5 deadline, we noticed a critical problem with the EPA proposal that could undermine achievement of the Biden Administration’s goal of eliminating LSLs. The proposal leaves ambiguous whether the mandate to replace LSLs includes lines on private property.