Lead Based Paint
EPA Orders Accel Charter Schools Network to Inspect, Abate Asbestos at Three Valley Charter Schools
21 WFMJ by Zach Mosca The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an order to Accel Charter Schools Network on Friday to inspect and abate asbestos and lead paint concerns at three charter schools in the Valley. According to a press release, Accel was ordered to inspect and address issues involving asbestos and lead…
Read MoreGillibrand 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…
Read MoreMIT 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…
Read MoreEPA 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%…
Read MoreEPA 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%…
Read MoreBuffalo’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…
Read MoreTesting for Lead in Kids’ Bones Reveals Evidence of Long-Term Damage a Blood Test Might Miss
Indiana Public Radio by Rebecca Thiele Marion County, IN – When it comes to spotting lead poisoning, blood tests might not be enough. Tests on children at an Indianapolis charter school show evidence of long-term damage from lead could be hiding in kids’ bones. Kids at Genius School were tested for lead. While none of…
Read MoreCourt 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…
Read MoreEPA Penalizes Home Renovators in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska for Lead-Based Paint Violations
EPA LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 14, 2023) – Five Midwest home renovation companies have agreed to pay over $38,000 collectively in penalties to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve alleged violations of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA has found that the following companies failed to comply with regulations that reduce the…
Read MoreA 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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