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Biden’s Clean Drinking Water Plan Is Being Rebranded as MAHA

The EPA is distributing billions authorized under the Biden administration while reducing overall funding levels and promoting the work as part of the Make America Healthy Again initiative.

Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Grist

States Say They Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut the Funding Instead.

By Keerti Gopal

One Family’s Battle With Trenton’s Lead Legacy

By Anna Mattson

Ted Bundy, Serial Killers and Lead Exposure: Exploring the Connection Between Neurotoxins and Violence

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Chicago Has Hundreds of Thousands of Toxic Lead Pipes—and Millions of Unspent Dollars to Replace Them

By Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It

By Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin

Lead Pipes Are Everywhere in Chicago. Here’s How to Protect Yourself

By Sophia Kalakailo, City Bureau

How We Mapped Chicago’s Lead Pipe Problem and What We Learned

By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Keerti Gopal, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin

Chicago Was Supposed to Warn Residents About Toxic Lead Pipes. It’s Barely Started

By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Keerti Gopal

Flint Completes Required Lead Pipe Replacements

By Carrie Klein

Chicago’s Plan to Replace Lead Pipes Puts It 30 Years Behind the Federal Deadline

By Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

An EPA Rule Will Reduce Lead in Drinking Water—Unless This Effort to Block It Succeeds

By Keerti Gopal

EPA Gives Chicago Decades to Replace Lead Pipes, Leaving Communities at Risk

By Nina B. Elkadi

After a Study Found Lead in Tampons, Environmentalists Wonder if Global Metal Pollution Is Worse Than They Previously Thought

By Victoria St. Martin

Effort to Save a Historic Water Tower Put Lead in this North Carolina Town’s Soil

By Lisa Sorg

Mining ‘Critical Minerals’ in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Rife With Rights Abuses

By Katie Surma

International Court Issues First-Ever Decision Enforcing the Right to a Healthy Environment

By Katie Surma

Chicago Environmental Activists Demand Faster Removal of Lead Water Pipes

By Aydali Campa

Progress in Baby Steps: Westside Atlanta Lead Cleanup Slowly Earns Trust With Help From Local Institutions

By Aydali Campa