Tag: lead

The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show that many yards still have harmful levels of lead.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the city of Omaha have spent decades trying to clean it up.

A landmark study revealed that every single children’s shirt tested from major fast-fashion and discount retailers exceeded the U.S. federal lead limit of 100 parts per million (ppm).

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.

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.

"The concern is that while we are not taking much action, children are being damaged on a generational level."

"Lead represents a leading cause of disease and death, and it is important to continue our efforts to reduce environmental lead exposure."

The EPA wanted years to study the hazards, instead the court gave them 90 days to update regulations.

Of the 1,891 outdoor fountains in city parks, 445 exceeded the EPA's action level for lead.

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.