In landmark move, EPA requires removal of all U.S. lead pipes in a decade© Kevin Wurm/The Washington Post Lead water pipes pulled from underneath a street are seen in Newark in 2021.© Seth Wenig/AP ...

TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday finalized a rule that will require the removal of all lead pipes from the country's water systems. "We ...

Climate In landmark move, EPA requires removal of all U.S. lead pipes in a decade The rule finalized Tuesday, which could eliminate a toxic threat to American children, is projected to cost tens ...

The Biden administration has finalized a landmark rule that would require water utilities to replace virtually every lead pipe in the country within 10 years, tackling a major threat that is ...

New Jersey already requires lead pipe removal within 10 years. The EPA estimates there are more than 9 million lead pipes nationwide.

The EPA estimates that, in a country without lead pipes, 1,500 fewer people every year would die early of heart disease and about 900,000 fewer infants would suffer from low birth weight.

The Biden administration finalized a landmark rule on Tuesday that would require water utilities to replace virtually every lead pipe in the country within 10 years, tackling a major threat ...

Workers in Flint replace lead pipes In this photo from March 10, 2017. The EPA finalized a rule on Tuesday requiring water utilities to replace all lead pipes in the United States within a decade.

Experts welcomed the change. “The EPA’s new lead rule will begin to reverse the massive public health disaster of lead-contaminated tap water that has affected generations of our children.

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Tuesday requiring water utilities to replace all lead pipes within a decade, a move aimed at eliminating a toxic threat that continues to ...