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The US could finally ditch lead pipes under new EPA decision

The EPA set a deadline to replace the nation’s lead pipes.

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule today that mandates the replacement of lead pipes in drinking water systems within 10 years. Other kinds of lead plumbing and fixtures outside of the service lines covered in the new rule are still a hazard in schools, consumer advocacy group US PIRG Education Fund points out. “Kudos to the EPA for starting to move lead pipes into the dustbin of history,” Yana Kucher, chair of the organization’s toxics program, said in a .

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