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Our friends at Environmental Defense Fund have a great three-minute read about lead in drinking water. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gZxwKTXE

🚨 NEW BLOG: A new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Lead Exposure Prevention Advisory Committee (LEPAC) calls for action, concluding lead exposure is a cardiovascular risk factor on par with high cholesterol, smoking, and high blood pressure. That message needs more attention. Read our full take on the report: https://lnkd.in/eKew8UZN

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Continuing our list of things we are thankful for in 2024: 6️⃣ California strengthens rules to protect workers—and their families—from lead. 7️⃣ FDA recalls lead-contaminated cinnamon and inches closer to action levels for baby food. 8️⃣ Washington State limits lead contamination in metal cookware. 9️⃣ State and federal agencies map lead exposure risks. 🔟 USAID promotes efforts to reduce lead in consumer products overseas. Read in-depth about each item: https://lnkd.in/gE7kJsJg

We are taking a look at this article. Thank you, Maricel Maffini!

As the end of the year approaches, we are taking time to list 10 things we have been thankful for in 2024. Here are the first five. Read the full, in-depth list: https://lnkd.in/gE7kJsJg 1️⃣ EPA mandates water utilities remove virtually all lead pipes by 2037. 2️⃣ HUD awards historic $395 million to reduce children’s exposure to lead-based paint hazards. 3️⃣ EPA reframes dust-lead standards as action levels and strengthens cleanup limits. 4️⃣ EPA tightens soil-lead screening levels for industrial sources impacting children. 5️⃣ Water utilities notify customers who likely have lead pipes and post maps of its inventory.

We are looking over this article from our friends at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): https://lnkd.in/eZdYq_FT

Beginning in January, baby food companies that do business in California must post the results of arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury testing of their products on their website. We have been following the California law (AB-899) since it's passage, and we look forward to seeing what results the new year brings. Read our initial report about AB-899: https://lnkd.in/g4CR26g7

NEW BLOG: It's been a wonderful year, and we have compiled an in-depth list of 10 reasons we are thankful. Read it and weigh in: https://lnkd.in/gE7kJsJg

October held many successes for reducing lead exposures. EPA’s actions will lead to long-term benefits that ✅ Enable children to improve their lifetime earnings by avoiding the IQ losses attributed to lead that limit their potential. While these improvements may not be noticeable in individual children, they are huge when millions of children are impacted each year. ✅ Reduce premature deaths from heart disease by avoiding the damage from lead exposure accumulated over individual lifetimes. While the risk from lead to an individual may be small, it is a significant step in the nation’s efforts to reduce the No. 1 killer of Americans. ✅ Protect fetuses from lead exposure in the womb that can result in low birth weights, which puts them at risk of longer and more expensive hospital stays after birth. ✅ Avoid some childhood cases of ADHD that contribute to inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity, which is especially disruptive in the learning environment. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eKZBnFNn