Brown: Inconsistent EPA Regulations Increase Lead Poisoning Risk to Kids, Study Finds
August 07, 2020
August 07, 2020
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 7 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
Two federal environmental standards regulating lead hazards in homes and child care facilities have different maximum thresholds, a discrepancy putting more than 35,000 kids in the United States at increased risk of lead poisoning.
That's according to a new study led by a Brown University researcher as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moves to revise protective sta . . .
Two federal environmental standards regulating lead hazards in homes and child care facilities have different maximum thresholds, a discrepancy putting more than 35,000 kids in the United States at increased risk of lead poisoning.
That's according to a new study led by a Brown University researcher as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moves to revise protective sta . . .