A review of funding to states under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to replace lead drinking water service lines found at least two, Texas and Florida, that used flawed data to gain allotments ...

"There is no safe level of lead," said Michal Freedhoff, EPA's assistant administrator for chemical safety and pollution prevention. The new rule will bring the United States "closer to ...

Florida officials declared the state has 1.1 million lead service lines, a dramatically inflated number the EPA inspector general’s investigation found is little more than a mirage. Officials at ...

DOVER — Chinburg Management LLC and Washington Street Mill LLC have violated EPA lead-based paint rules ... building A licensed New Hampshire lead inspector found levels of lead-based paint ...

There is no safe level of lead, according to the EPA. Lead is a potent neurotoxin that, in children, can harm mental and physical development, slow learning and irreversibly damage the brain.

According to an EPA estimate, the new rule will cut lead exposures of up to 1.2 million people each year, including hundreds of thousands of children. "Too often our children, the most vulnerable ...

The EPA is finalizing a rule to require replacement of lead service lines that connect homes to water systems. The change would lower lead levels in drinking water but poses logistical challenges.

Oct. 20-26 is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. The EPA encourages parents to get their children tested for lead — which is generally recommended between the ages of 1 and 2. The ...