Lead in Dust: Many Lead-Safe Work Practices Unlikely to Achieve Dust-Lead Action Level
Refined tools could strengthen Renovation, Repair and Painting’s LSWPs to require dust-lead clearance for projects not likely to meet the dust-lead action level.
Tag: EPA
Lead in Soil: Issues to Consider in EPA’s Anticipated Revisions to Hazard Standard
Soil-lead hazards and action levels should be based on the fine fraction of a sieved sample and address produce gardens.
Lead in Soil: EPA’s Flawed Implementation of Directive at Indiana Superfund Site
EPA must apply its 200 ppm remediation goal to only the fine fraction of sieved soil samples.
EPA’s FY2026 Commitments Under Federal Lead Action Plan
EPA plans greater focus on adaptive reuse, tribal needs, and soil cleanup.
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.
Lead in Paint: Protecting Do-It-Yourselfers
It is essential that DIYers get the right information in a timely and effective manner.
Lead in Water: EPA’s New Service Line Dashboard, 4 Million LSLs Estimate
New totals based on more reliable numbers
Lead in Paint: We Are Concerned About the EPA-Lowe’s Settlement
Increasing corporate transparency and accountability would turn a negative into a positive. Will it be done?
Lead in Water: Updating LBP Risk Assessments and EBLL Environmental Investigations
In lieu of updated HUD guidance, we offer ideas for best practices.
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.