Lead in Products: EPA’s Perplexing Gift to Lead Industry
EPA’s decade-long failure to ban lead wheel weights leaves workers and families bearing the burden of exposure.
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CDC’s LEPAC Calls for Groundbreaking Action to Protect Adults from Lead
Lead exposure is a cardiovascular risk factor on par with high cholesterol, smoking, and high blood pressure. That message needs more attention.
Lead in Blood: CDC’s $1M Competition for Point-of-Care Device Development
There is a need for better point-of-care blood lead testing devices. We encourage all innovators to move forward with their devices.
Lead in Food: FDA Study Shows Excessive Cadmium, Lead in Kids’ Diets
FDA needs to get the lead and cadmium action levels out by December as promised and then do more to protect millions of infants and young children.
Using AI to Communicate Lead-Related Investigations—New and Old
Indy’s website takes lead hazard transparency to a new level by leveraging AI.
Lead in Workers: CA Strengthens Woefully Outdated Standards
These changes can serve as a model to federal OSHA and other states.
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!
Engaging Landlords and Tenants in LSL Replacement
Momentum is building to replace the estimated 9 million lead service lines that still bring water to properties nationwide. To achieve the goal, we need to engage landlords and renters in the process.
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.
Lead in Food: Seattle/King County Leading on Metal Cookware
A new study sheds light on lead leaching in metal cookware. Knowing the safest cookware for food preparation can help reduce exposure to lead.