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Most US cities would need new lead water pipes within 10 years under newly-proposed EPA rules
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In the U.S., there are more than 9 million lead pipes still in the ground, which are typically the biggest source of lead in drinking water. Lead is particularly dangerous to young children.
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed new regulations to strengthen rules against lead contamination in drinking water and replace lead pipes nationwide.
The Environmental Protection Administration proposed a new rule Thursday that would effectively mandate the replacement of every lead water pipe in the U.S.
In the U.S., there are more than 9 million lead pipes still in the ground, which are typically the biggest source of lead in drinking water. Lead is particularly dangerous to young children.
The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule that would require water systems across the country to replace millions of lead service lines within 10 years.
President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced it would require the removal of the nation's remaining lead pipes within a decade, preventing an estimated 22 million people from potential exposure to the toxic metal in their drinking water.
(CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule that would require water systems across the country to replace millions of lead service lines
Most cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency aimed to prevent like the ones in Flint, Mich. and Washington, D.C.
The Biden administration on Thursday proposed new actions to replace lead pipes in public water systems across the country in a continuing effort to eliminate lead poisoning among children and families.
The EPA said the proposal is a key step toward President Joe Biden’s goal of removing all lead pipes in the country and is part of the administration’s broader push to limit lead exposure.
Chicago leads the nation in lead pipes that provide drinking water — some 400,000 — but new rules from the EPA won't apply in the same way as it will for most of the U.S.
Millions of people consume drinking water from lead pipes and the EPA said tighter standards would improve IQ scores in children and reduce high blood pressure and heart disease in adults.
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Flint resident Melissa Mays, a clean water activist, about the EPA's proposed rule that most U.S. cities will have to replace lead water pipes within the next 10 years.
The EPA is requiring lead pipes be replaced by 2037 and D.C. Water is working to follow those regulations. But a water crisis in D.C., long before Flint, eroded public trust.
Under the Biden Administration's new guidance, most U.S. cities would have to replace lead pipes within the next 10 years. About 9 million lead pipes are still bringing water into American buildings.
Most U.S. cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under strict new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Biden administration moves to reduce lead in drinking water and prevent public health crises like the ones in Flint, Mich., and Washington, D.C.
