These latest results are a far cry from a year ago, when Syracuse’s testing in the first half of 2024 recorded a whopping 70 ...

Temperatures inside EPA headquarters have soared above 80 degrees and elevators have been breaking down, sources said.

The city of Syracuse has overhauled its water sampling methods to ensure that its drinking water meets federal safety ...

The Safe Drinking Water Act authorizes EPA to establish regulations for public water systems, and the Lead and Copper Rule was established in 1991 to reduce exposure to lead in drinking water.

Democratic leaders introduced a bill to address Tijuana River sewage pollution, appointing the EPA as lead agency to manage watershed health.

The EPA estimates that the new rule will limit exposure to lead for nearly 1.2 million people every year, including 178,000 to 326,000 children under the age of 6.

ENVIRONMENT $3B for EPA's lead pipe replacement program sent to states based on unverified data, watchdog says The allocated $15B is only a fraction of amount needed to replace all the country’s ...

The EPA's website points out that ingesting lead "can be harmful to human health even at low exposure levels." The proposal that was announced Thursday would require water systems to keep a public ...

The EPA estimates that, in a country without lead pipes, 1,500 fewer people every year would die early of heart disease and about 900,000 fewer infants would suffer from low birth weight.

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the new rules will aid in better lead testing of water supplies, more lead pipe replacements and make more information on lead detection available to the public.

More than 5,300 water systems in America are in violation of the EPA’s lead and copper rule, a federal regulation in place to safeguard America’s drinking water from its aging infrastructure.

That's, in part, because the EPA action level – 15 parts per billion of lead in the water – is not a threshold for public health, so a reading below that number doesn't mean the water is safe.