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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing tighter rules for exposure to lead in residential buildings and childcare facilities. The new draft rule from the EPA would lower its lead dust hazard level to any level greater than zero — meaning that any amount of lead found in a building would be considered hazardous. The Biden…

Addressed extensively, they showed us where the fire extinguisher was, they have a smoke mask for each passenger, we had to practice putting those on. beyond that, what can you do if the sound gets trapped? if the swab develops a leak? if the sub goes without power. all of the things that can happen beyond that, the answer is the same thing. get to the surface. they had so many different ways of getting to the surface, they could drop sandbags, they could drop lead pipes. they could drop the leg...

Contingency >> there arent very many things that can go wrong, that you can do anything, about so fire is something they adjust sensitively, they showed us to a fire extinguisher was, they had a smoke mask for each passenger. but, beyond that, what can you do if the sub gets trapped, if the sub develops a leak and goes without power, all the things that can happen beyond that, the answer is the same to the surface, and they had so many different ways of getting it. they can drop sandbags, lead p...

Tom Neltner, chemicals policy director at the Environmental Defense Fund, joins Lisa Dent to explain why the state of Florida got a bigger chunk of the $15 billion in EPA funding to replace lead pipes, despite Illinois being more at-risk from lead in the drinking water. Follow The Lisa Dent Show on Twitter:Follow @LisaDentSpeaksFollow @SteveBertrand […]

Just days after signing off on $240 million to replace lead pipes, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz made a stop in Duluth Thursday to see a local pipe replacement project.

Have you received a package that contains a Brita pitcher recently? What about letters or surveys about your water? All of this is from the Buffalo Water Board.

Johnson said it was "unacceptable" for so many communities in the Great Lakes region to live with lead lines.

Pittsburgh was high up on the list of cities dealing with lead concentration issues in its water back when these projects launched about seven years ago.

We got an in-depth look at how Newark addressed its water crisis by replacing thousands of lead pipes in just over two years.

Some 9.2 million lead pipes carry water into homes across the U.S., with more in Florida than any other state, according to a new Environmental Protection Agency survey.