EPA Strengthens Standards to Protect Children from Exposure to Lead Paint Dust | US EPA

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : EPA will host a public webinar to provide an overview of the rule on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
57% : "EPA is getting the lead out of communities nationwide.
50% : EPA also announced $2.6 billion in newly available drinking water infrastructure funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which is available to support lead pipe replacement and inventory projects.
49% : Earlier this month, EPA issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years.
48% : EPA estimates that this rule will reduce the lead exposures of up to nearly 1.2 million people every year, of which 178,000 to 326,000 are children under the age of six.
43% : BackgroundHistorically, EPA set the same standard for the level of lead found in dust from old paint that has to be reported and the amount of lead that can remain in dust on floors, window sills and window troughs after a lead paint abatement occurs.
35% : Today's final rule reduces the level of lead in dust that EPA considers hazardous to any reportable level measured by an EPA-recognized laboratory.

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