Suzanne Novak, Attorney, Northeast Office: “If we don’t prohibit charging a customer, we may very well end up with a two-tiered system, where wealthier communities, which are disproportionately white, will have more of their lead service lines replaced than in other communities.”

Suzanne is a litigator and policy advocate in the organization’s Healthy Communities Program, where she focuses on safe drinking water, with a current emphasis on lead and PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances).

Updated Lead and Copper Rule will finally require removal of lead service lines that deliver drinking water to almost 22 million people in the U.S.

The military is running away from its legacy of PFAS-contaminated water.

Agency asks court to allow revisions and new rulemaking for the Lead and Copper Rule

Court rules in favor of communities, holding EPA accountable for failing to investigate civil rights complaints in a timely manner

Suzanne Novak, Attorney, Northeast Office, Earthjustice: “It’s been 30 years.”

All loopholes chemical companies can exploit must be closed

Despite health risk, EPA grants exemptions for approving new toxic “forever chemicals”

Illegal permit allowed industrial animal operations to prepare pollution prevention plans without agency oversight or public input, threatening drinking and recreational waters

EPA seeking input from lead-poisoned communities is an encouraging step

Civil rights and environmental groups sue to ensure protections for millions who rely on lead-piped drinking water

Millones beben agua por tubería de plomo, pero la EPA no asume responsabilidades

Millions are drinking lead-piped water, yet Trump’s EPA slows down pipe replacement

Qué son los PFAS, por qué son dañinos y qué podemos hacer para protegernos de ellos

The public and advocates are left in the dark about the basis for changes to the proposal, on which a vote will take place next week

Weak U.S. EPA plan means families will suffer the consequences of PFAS pollution

Families request medical monitoring after drinking tainted water