There is no safe level of lead exposure — period. But tens of millions of people across the country — particularly in low-income communities and communities of color — continue to get their drinking water through lead pipes, allowing the potent neurotoxin to make its way into their bodies and cause irreversible harm to our health — especially in children.
This is a public health disaster a century in the making, and it must be stopped.
The Lead and Copper Rule is a federal protection meant to keep lead out of drinking water, but it is woefully outdated. Thankfully, President Biden’s American Jobs Plan includes significant investments to our water infrastructure, and the EPA is seeking comments from the public now on how to strengthen the rule.
NRDC is rallying to generate 50,000 letters to the EPA before the July 30 comment deadline urging the Biden administration to strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule and immediately remove every single lead pipe out of the ground. Please send your comment now. This could very well be our best and last chance to end the crisis of lead-contaminated water once and for all.
EPA Docket Number: EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0255-0001
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Tens of millions of people across the country -- especially from low-income communities and communities of color -- continue to get their drinking water from lead pipes. This is a public health disaster a century in the making and it must be stopped.
Submit a public comment before the June 30 deadline urging the EPA to strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule and remove lead pipes from homes all across America.