Lead in Water: EPA Shows Cobalt XRF can Identify Lead-Lined Pipes
Study enables utilities to avoid telling customers that a service line is “Nonlead” when it is a lead service line.
Tag: lead
Lead in Paint: EPA Dismisses Concerns About Lowe’s Consent Decree
Agency rejected Lowe’s Home Centers requirement to notify families where past violations occurred or explicitly offer dust clearance testing to new customers.
Lead in Soil: PLOPS as a Better Assessment of Exposure?
A 20-year-old solution has potential, but it needs more evaluation.
Lead in People: CDC Fails to Regain Traction After Months of Turmoil
Childhood lead program suffered traumatic setbacks under Trump Administration.
Lead in Paint: Protecting Do-It-Yourselfers
It is essential that DIYers get the right information in a timely and effective manner.
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 Spices: States Need to Empower Consumers Through Transparency Laws
Spices are a source of exposure to arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury that needs to be addressed by states through testing and disclosure.
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.
Lead in Water: EPA Defends LCRI and Issues Important LSL Information
EPA sends mixed signals. It is too soon to tell what that means.
Good News from New Jersey for Trenton’s Historic Potteries Cleanup, Drinking Water
Federal and state efforts on lead are a promising sign.