Changes to the Lead and Copper Rule: What Should Public Health Expect? by Sarah Goodwin One of the challenges that comes with tackling the important issue of lead in drinking water is the joint responsibility between water… More
October 18th, 2023
Final Finding That Lead Emissions from Aircraft Engines That Operate on Leaded Fuel Cause or Contribute to Air Pollution That May Reasonably Be Anticipated to Endanger Public Health and Welfare
From the Environmental Protection Agency Final Finding That Lead Emissions from Aircraft Engines That Operate on Leaded Fuel Cause or Contribute to Air Pollution That May Reasonably Be Anticipated to Endanger Public Health and Welfare Media Contact:… More
July 17th, 2023
An Overview of EPA’s Proposed Changes to the Dust Lead Hazard Standards and Dust Lead Clearance Levels
An Overview of EPA’s Proposed Changes to the Dust Lead Hazard Standards and Dust Lead Clearance Levels by Amanda Reddy and Jonathan Wilson Update: The Federal Register notice was posted on 8/1/2023. This blog was developed based… More
June 27th, 2023
Lead Service Lines: Connecting to Environmental Justice
Lead Service Lines: Connecting to Environmental Justice by Sarah Goodwin and Anthony Santiago Replacement of lead service lines has become an important public health and environmental justice goal from government leaders over the past several years, from… More
May 15th, 2023
ODH Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff Joins Health and Safety Leaders to Discuss Future of Lead Poisoning Prevention at Ohio Healthy Homes Network Spring Conference
ODH Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff Joins Health and Safety Leaders to Discuss Future of Lead Poisoning Prevention at Ohio Healthy Homes Network Spring Conference Additional keynote remarks by Chief Scientist David Jacobs, Ph.D., of the National… More
January 27th, 2023
NCHH Joins the Biden-Harris Get the Lead Out Partnership
NCHH Joins the Biden-Harris Get the Lead Out Partnership Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, cbloom@nchh.org COLUMBIA, MD (January 27, 2023) — The National Center for Healthy Housing is pleased to be a inaugural member of the Biden-Harris Get… More
December 30th, 2022
Title X at 30: Opportunities for Refinement
Title X at 30: Opportunities for Refinement by Sarah Goodwin and David Jacobs Twenty Twenty-Two marked the 30th anniversary of the nation’s main lead poisoning prevention law, Title X of the 1992 Housing and Community Development Act.… More
April 13th, 2022
Kildee Introduces New Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Michigan Families from Lead
Kildee Introduces New Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Michigan Families from Lead Bill Would Identify and Remove Lead in Drinking Water at Federally Assisted Housing Media contact: Kelly Montgomery, kelly.montgomery@mail.house.gov; 202.256.6655, FLINT, MI (April 13, 2022) — Congressman Dan Kildee,… More
January 5th, 2022
Rhode Island’s Largest Drinking Water Utility Faces Civil Rights Complaint over Lead Contamination
Rhode Island’s Largest Drinking Water Utility Faces Civil Rights Complaint over Lead Contamination Providence Water’s work on pipes disproportionately increases risk of lead exposure in drinking water for Black, Latinx, and Native American residents. Media Contact: Devra… More
October 1st, 2021
NCHH Supports National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week – October 24-30, 2021
Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, cbloom@nchh.org We’ve added a badge of support to the official National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week poster. COLUMBIA, MD (October 1, 2021) — The National Center for Healthy Housing is pleased to support National… More