Parents, educators, providers, nurses, environmental and community advocates – open to all CHICAGO—The Lead Abatement Resource Center Foundation invites you to a free webinar on Don’t Be Mis-Lead: Pathways to Lead: Protect Your Children, Family and Community on October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM CT. The webinar is open to all – especially to parents, educators,… Read more »
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Pediatric blood level testing among new public health laws, rules
More stringent standards for public health intervention based on blood lead levels in children are among the new public health laws and rules that took effect this month. [Health News Illinois] A new regulation requires children residing in a high-risk ZIP code to be automatically tested at 12, 24 and 36 months. Children younger than 6 years… Read more »
Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $116M in Funding to New York to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes
EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water New York – Today, October 8, the Biden-Harris Administration issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI)… Read more »
Biden EPA requires Chicago to dramatically speed up replacement of toxic lead pipes
Chicago must replace every toxic lead pipe connecting homes to water mains within two decades — an aggressive deadline imposed this week by President Joe Biden after his administration initially proposed giving city officials twice as long to complete the job. The more stringent requirement is part of a broader package of changes in federal regulations intended… Read more »
Illinois expands lead exposure risk areas, adds 148 new ZIP codes
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced [ July 3, 2024] Wednesday an expanded list of high-risk for lead exposure ZIP codes. [IL-DPH and WGN] IDPH is recommending increased mandatory testing for lead exposure of children who live within those areas. One hundred and forty-eight new zip codes, representing parts of 60 Illinois counties, have… Read more »
Getting the Lead Out: A Career-Long Perspective onLeaded Gasoline, Dust, Soil, and Proactive Pediatric Exposure Prevention
Howard W. Mielke, Ph.D. Affiliation, Department of Pharmacology,Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USASara Perl Egendorf, Ph.D., Researcher, NYC Compost Project Hostedby Earth Matter, New York, NY“The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not concealany part of what one has recognized to be true.” Albert Einstein.Engraved on a… Read more »
EPA seeking input on lead exposure from lead wheel weights
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking the public for information on the potential ways in which people might be exposed to lead through the use of wheel weights. Lead exposure can have devastating impacts to human health and can be especially harmful to developing children. [Green Car Congress] The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) requests information… Read more »
Lead in water a threat to two-thirds of young children in Chicago
Two out of three very young children in Chicago were exposed to at least trace amounts of lead in their home tap water, a study found, highlighting the need for City Hall to speed up replacements of brain-damaging lead pipes. [Chicago Sun-Times] A study by Johns Hopkins and Stanford researchers, published Monday in the medical… Read more »
FDA recalls 6 more cinnamon products due to elevated lead levels
The agency is urging U.S. cinnamon makers and distributors to conduct more product control testing in the wake of recent lead contamination outbreaks. Manufacturing Dive Joelle Anselmo Staff Reporter
Illinois moves to limit toxic forever chemicals in wells
Illinois is moving to join 10 other states that limit toxic forever chemicals in underground sources of water. [Chicago Tribune 3.9.2024] Regulations unveiled Wednesday by the Illinois Pollution Control Board are intended to protect millions of people from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, some of which build up in human blood, cause cancer and other diseases… Read more »