The EPA has projected that replacing all of them could cost at least $45 billion. Lead pipes were initially installed ... the street — to the home. And it requires utilities to make four ...

Climate In landmark move, EPA requires removal of all U.S. lead pipes in a decade. The rule finalized Tuesday, which could eliminate a toxic threat to American children, is projected to cost tens ...

The rule, initially proposed by the EPA in 2023, imposes the strictest limits on lead in drinking water since federal standards were first set decades ago and requires utilities to review their ...

the Biden administration is requiring the removal of most of the nation’s lead-contaminated water pipes within 10 years. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a final rule that ...

The new EPA rule is the strongest overhaul of lead-in-water standards in roughly three decades. Lead, a heavy metal used in pipes, paints, ammunition and many other products, is a neurotoxin that ...

TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday finalized a rule that will require the removal of all lead pipes from the country's water systems.

On every block dug up, crews attached new cast iron mains to old lead service lines — a practice EPA researchers found can disturb the protective coating inside pipes and result in slugs of lead ...