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The US is making plans to replace all of its lead water pipes from coast to coast

  • Written by Gabriel Filippelli, Chancellor's Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, IUPUI
The US is making plans to replace all of its lead water pipes from coast to coastWorkers prepare to install new water pipes in Walnut Creek, California, on April 22, 2021.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Biden administration has released a plan to accelerate removal of lead water pipes and lead paint from U.S. homes. As a geochemist and environmental health researcher who has studied the heartbreaking impacts of lead poisoning...

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