Entries Tagged Lead

A Florida State University research team has published a new study that estimates that exposure to lead has robbed Americans an average...

Entry 242282Next month, the California Coastal Commission is set to decide whether to allow Poseidon Water to build a $1.4 billion seawater...

As I write this column, I am recalling another incidence of lead in drinking water, this time in Benton Harbor, Michigan which,...

The problem of lead in drinking water came into the spotlight with the crisis in Flint, Michigan, in 2016. It resurfaced late...

In a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, the U.S. Senate has passed the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021, which...

President Joe Biden recently released an ambitious infrastructure plan called the "American Jobs Plan” that includes an unprecedented $111 billion investment in...

Flint Lead Free has released its 2021 report with the goal of sharing the widespread community efforts to reduce lead exposure, highlighting progress from...

Lead drinking water services became front-page news after widespread lead poisoning was discovered in Flint, Michigan.Some water utilities had been tackling lead...

Louisville (Kentucky) Water Co. recently announced an important achievement for public health. Louisville Water has removed all its known lead service lines...

Entry 244141The former manager of the Oswego (New York) Wastewater Treatment Plant avoided jail time and was sentenced probation and a fine...

Entry 244174The Advanced Water Treatment Plant in Scottsdale, Arizona, recently became the third facility in the nation permitted to treat recycled water...

There’s a lead contamination emergency making national headlines and drawing comparisons to the Flint Water Crisis, and it’s in Newark, New Jersey. For...

Entry 244264Police in Cross County, Arkansas, are investigating a possible arson case, as they claim someone set a fire at a local...

Entry 244390The Canadian province of Ontario recently filed 112 charges against a door-to-door salesman using misleading claims to offer water treatment services...