Gas pressure regulators in homes once contained a couple of ounces of highly toxic mercury. Asbestos was used in buildings due to its utility as a flame retardant. And lead pipes were used to carry ...

On Tuesday, President Biden announced a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency that will require the replacement of nearly all the lead pipes in the U.S. within 10 years, an effort to ...

The Chicago mandate is part of a national plan to remove harmful lead pipes. The city of Chicago required all new construction to include the lead lines through 1986, the year a federal law banned ...

President Joe Biden took a major step toward eliminating the national scourge of lead pipes, unveiling a new rule mandating the removal of all lead pipes within the next decade, in addition to $2. ...

President Biden delivered remarks in Milwaukee Tuesday, touching on the administration’s work replacing lead pipes and job creation. Biden has committed to replace every lead pipe in the nation ...

The Biden administration has finalized a landmark rule that would require water utilities to replace virtually every lead pipe in the country within 10 years, tackling a major threat that is ...

The new rule supplants a looser standard set by former President Donald Trump’s administration that did not include a universal requirement to replace lead pipes. Biden and Harris believe it’s ...

The new rule supplants a looser standard set by former President Donald Trump's administration that did not include a universal requirement to replace lead pipes. Biden and Harris believe it’s ...

Biden Announces New Rule to Remove All US Lead Pipes in a Decade (This Oct. 8 story has been refiled to fix a typographical error, in paragraph 6) (Reuters) - The Biden administration finalized a ...