Although lead pipes were banned decades ago, millions of homes still contain them. In fact, lead from water service lines remains one of the leading causes of childhood lead poisoning. Lead is a ...

Michael Regan, who has led the Environmental Protection Agency throughout President Joe Biden’s four-year term, said Friday ...

With passage and implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act, waterborne diseases plummeted, monitoring increased, and ...

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The recommendations for PFAS in rivers, streams and lakes could be used to crack down on polluters, though the Trump ...

If the Congressional Review Act is used to roll back the rule, the January 2021 Lead Copper Rule Revision would likely be substituted for EPA's most current policy on lead in drinking water.

Although the proposed regulations gave the city a deferred deadline of 40-50 years, the EPA’s final National Primary Drinking ...

RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of water but about a dozen states require it. Here’s what the federal government can do.

This includes EPA’s ongoing collection of information under its national drinking water monitoring program and implementation ...

The EPA celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act, which has improved water safety and public health for ...

Fifty years ago, on December 16, 1974, Ford clinched a public health victory when he signed a bill that joined the pantheon ...

Researchers suspect worrisome levels of chemicals called PFAS have made their way into the state's well water through ...