Gillibrand Seeks Federal Dollars for Lead Poisoning Protections

Finger Lakes Daily News by Lucas Day Washington, DC – Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Thursday led a group of 19 senators to call for robust federal funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) lead-based paint abatement, inspection, and enforcement programs. The senators noted that despite a decline in overall exposure—blood lead levels have declined by…

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MIT Engineers Create Game-Changing Lead Detection Device

SciTechDaily by David L. Chandler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology A new chip-scale device could provide sensitive detection of lead levels in drinking water, whose toxicity affects 240 million people worldwide. Engineers at MIT and collaborators have developed a compact, inexpensive technology to detect and measure lead in water. This new system uses a photonic chip and crown…

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EPA Announces significant Investment Across the Nation for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

EPA Washington, DC Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced millions from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to help Missouri  and other states identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. Working collaboratively, EPA and the State Revolving Funds are advancing the President’s Justice40 Initiative to ensure that 40%…

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EPA Announces Significant Investment Across the Nation for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

EPA Washington, DC Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced millions from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to help Missouri  and other states identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. Working collaboratively, EPA and the State Revolving Funds are advancing the President’s Justice40 Initiative to ensure that 40%…

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Buffalo’s Lead Paint Inspection Program is Unsustainable, Commissioner Says

Buffalo News by Diedre Williams Buffalo, NY – Three years ago when Buffalo launched a Proactive Rental Inspections program, it was the city’s latest attempt to solve a lead poisoning problem that has plagued Buffalo’s old housing stock for decades. Mayor Byron W. Brown said it would help the city identify lead paint contamination and correct…

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Court Requires Havenbrook Homes’ Landlord to Remediate Resident’s Exposure to Lead Paint

WCCO News Minneapolis, MN – A court approved the state’s motion to require the landlord of Havenbrook Homes to stop exposing its tenants to lead paint in rental homes on Thursday. Progress Residential Management Services LLC is the company that owns and operates Havenbrook Homes. The company owns about 500 single-family residential properties throughout the Greater Minneapolis–Saint Paul…

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A New Study Says the Global Toll of Lead Exposure is Even Worse Than We Thought

NPR  by Nicole Estvanik Taylor International – On the World Health Organization’s list of 10 chemicals of major public health concern, lead is a familiar villain.  Its most widely publicized health impact is neurological damage in children, often measured in the loss of intelligence quotient (IQ) points. But lead’s pernicious effects don’t stop in childhood nor…

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