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Preventing Lead by Protecting Water in Massachusetts

Lead in water is the most significant source of lead exposure after lead paint.

Lead was a preferred plumbing material, particularly for water service lines, until it was outlawed in 1986.

The American Water Works Association estimates between 6-10 million homes are connected to a lead service line.

Lead in Water: A Health Hazard

Lead exposure isn’t good for anyone; but pregnant women and young children are most affected. Physical and behavioral effects of lead occur at lower exposure levels in children than in adults. A dose of lead that would have little effect on an adult can have a

Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC): An Early Warning Sign

People and industry use tens of thousands of chemicals. A vast array of these chemicals have been found in our environment, where we consider them contaminants of emerging concern or CECs. Most of these CECs have not been fully evaluated for the risks they might pose to the environment— or to our health.

Clean Water Action | Clean Water Fund Comments on the Lead and Copper Rule to SAB

May 4, 2020

Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal Officer (DFO)

EPA Science Advisory Board (1400R)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460

via email: armitage.thomas@epa.gov

Dear Dr. Armitage,

We provide these comments for consideration by the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) in their review of EPA’s National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions. We urge the SAB to consider aspects of the Proposed Revisions where EPA’s proposal missed the mark in terms of achieving significant public health risk reduction

Support the Clean Water for All Act

The Clean Water For All Act recognizes that access to clean water is a fundamental right and necessary to sustain life and economic livelihood.

Pennsylvania Currents - Fall / Winter 2020

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