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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...

Most U.S. cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under strict new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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...

The Environmental Protection Agency wants all lead pipes in the U.S. water system to be replaced in the next 10 years. Lead can cause irreversible cognitive damage and other health problems, particularly in children.

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