Tag: lead
EPA announces Lead and Copper Rule Improvements proposal to remove lead...
The proposal requires states, water utilities, and communities to locate lead water service lines, then utility companies are tasked with replacing a minimum of 10 percent of the lead water pipes every year to reach completion within the 10-year time frame.
Court orders EPA to establish lead hazard standards in structures to...
According to the Centers for Disease and Control, there is no safe level of exposure of lead for children and the most common cause of lead poisoning is from ingesting lead dust.
Inconsistent testing standards leads to lead exposure in school drinking water
"The concern is that while we are not taking much action, children are being damaged on a generational level."
Lead exposure linked to 412,000 premature deaths in US each year
"Lead represents a leading cause of disease and death, and it is important to continue our efforts to reduce environmental lead exposure."
Activists win major victory, forcing the EPA to update regulations on...
The EPA wanted years to study the hazards, instead the court gave them 90 days to update regulations.
High Levels of Lead in Chicago Drinking Fountains
Of the 1,891 outdoor fountains in city parks, 445 exceeded the EPA's action level for lead.
This Is What Happens To Humans When They Are Exposed To...
An apology doesn’t change the health effects that Flint residents are seeing as a result of the elevated levels of lead in their water.
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Israel accused of using aid as bait as over 300 Palestinians killed at food...
Palestinians seeking flour and water have become targets, with Israeli forces killing hundreds at so-called humanitarian aid points backed by the U.S.
Lessons from Vieques: Resisting US militarism, building unity
Our only hope is to learn from and center the past and present struggle in Vieques and everywhere else bearing the brunt of U.S. militarism, to clearly understand where our enemies converge.
Martial Law in the United States
Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.
America’s new Industrial Revolution
Will Donald Trump will be remembered ruefully as our country’s very own King Canute, who used the full force of presidential power in a failed, futile effort to halt the tides of technological change?
Conservation innovations: How sustained resistance is saving one of the Earth’s most critical rainforests...
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.