Los Angeles Times

EPA lead ruling unlikely to resolve water contamination issues in L.A. public housing

Days after the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited a Los Angeles public housing project with lead-contaminated water, the agency ordered drinking water systems nationwide ...
Newsday

Old lead pipes connect thousands of Long Island homes to drinking water. Finding and removing them is costly.

More than 11,000 houses in Nassau County and a handful in Suffolk draw their drinking water through old lead service lines, and at least 100,000 more have pipes whose material is unknown but could ...
The Chronicle

ChatGPT and the environment: Where do we draw the line?

These days, you can’t go anywhere without running into AI. With Duke’s recent rollout of its own LLM service (DukeGPT) and free access to ChatGPT to all undergraduate students, the use of AI has been ...
WESA

EPA failed to adequately oversee state-run lead paint programs, report says

Lead paint flakes and cracks on the spindles of a porch on a house in Providence, R.I., Tuesday, July 1, 2008. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to adequately oversee state-run ...
The Hill

EPA says lead pipes have to be removed in 10 years

About a decade after the Flint water crisis, the Biden administration is requiring the removal of most of the nation’s lead water pipes within 10 years. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is ...
WVXU

Greater Cincinnati Water Works to replace lead services lines at childcare facilities

Greater Cincinnati Water Works is replacing lead service lines at childcare facilities to eliminate the risk of lead exposure through drinking water. Even low levels of exposure to the toxic metal can ...
Los Angeles Times

I covered the L.A. fires in the Palisades. So I had my blood tested for lead

I watched my blood snake through the tube stuck into my arm as I sat under a canopy erected by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health at an Altadena church. Four months prior — almost to ...
AllAfrica on MSN

Many Nigerians Still At Risk of Lead Poisoning - Environment Minister

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), children are particularly vulnerable because their developing bodies absorb lead more easily.The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, has raised ...
WBEZ

Lead pipes are everywhere in Chicago. Here’s how to protect yourself.

Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic lead service lines, the underground pipes that connect buildings to the city’s water supply. The city has the most lead service lines in the ...
The Indianapolis Star

Lead can present a danger to Hoosiers. Here's how to reduce your exposure

Lead poisoning can affect any Hoosier, but children are most at risk of exposure because there is no safe amount of lead that can enter a child’s body. Experts say there are ways to reduce exposure.
LAist

Lead levels in soil exceeded state standards in Eaton Fire burn zone, LA County reports

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