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(CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule that would require water systems across the country to replace millions of lead service lines<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/epa-proposes-requirement-to-remove-lead-pipes-from-us-water-systems-within-10-years/">Read More</a>
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed new regulations to strengthen rules against lead contamination in drinking water and replace lead pipes nationwide.
Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration has announced a proposal to “strengthen its Lead and Copper Rule that would require water systems to replace lead service lines within 10 years,” the White House said in a statement on Thursday. According to the White House, more than 9.2 million American households connect to water through lead pipes and lead service lines and, due to “decades of inequitable infrastructure development and underinvestment,” many Americans are at risk of lead exposure. “There is no safe level of exposure to lead, pa...
Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration has announced a proposal to “strengthen its Lead and Copper Rule that would require water systems to replace lead service lines within 10 years,” the White House sai...
President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced it would require the removal of the nation's remaining lead pipes within a decade, preventing an estimated 22 million people from potential exposure to the toxic metal in their drinking water. Biden's administration announced its intention in 2021 to remove remaining lead lines over the coming years, but the plan was criticized for actually slowing down the rate of replacement and even allowing small public water systems to avoid replaci