Page 8 - Lead Contamination News Today

Bangladesh is grappling with one of the largest cases of lead poisoning in history.

EPA said it will host another public meeting before Industrial Development Advantage begins removing lead- and arsenic-contaminated soil from the former West Calumet Housing Complex site.

Lead levels in backyard hen eggs are often much higher than in eggs bought in the shops. A new study of soil lead, chickens and eggs locates the high-risk areas in our biggest cities.

Belfast needs to rid its infrastructure of lead water pipes and raise public awareness of the serious health issues caused by excess levels of lead in the water.

Inactive yeast might be successful as an affordable, plentiful, and simple material for eliminating lead pollution from drinking water sources, according to new research from MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA).

Schools and child care centers in Colorado will soon begin testing drinking water for lead contamination after Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill funding the free testing and remediation plan

“I am in favor of economic development for the city, ... but as an environmental injustice community, the minimum is being done for this cleanup."

This Coalition letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, on funding for water infrastructure programs.

"Families shouldn’t have to face the threat of lead contamination in their drinking water or in their homes," said U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind.

A westside Atlanta neighborhood contaminated with lead has been added to the EPA’s Superfund priority list, freeing up more federal funding for long-term cleanup.