Lead

April 15, 2021 | Case

Lead and Copper Rule: Protecting Communities from Lead in Drinking Water

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

April 6, 2021 | Article

HUD Knowingly Poisoned Our Children. This Can Never Happen Again.

No one ever told me I was moving onto the polluted grounds of an old lead refinery.

March 11, 2021 | Press Release

Earthjustice Commends Delaying of Flawed Lead and Copper Rule

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

February 15, 2021 | In the News: Northwest Indiana Times

EPA Conducting Five-year Review of Superfund Site in East Chicago

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office, Earthjustice: "The USS Lead Site is a case study in environmental racism. Governmental officials knew about the lead and arsenic contamination for decades but failed to act, and the low-income, Black and Latinx residents suffered grave harm as a result. President Biden has issued executive orders calling on all federal agencies to promote environmental justice and 'hold polluters accountable.'"

January 27, 2021 | Feature

Quemetco’s Lead Legacy: A Cycle of Injustice and Contamination in Southern California

California’s legislators and regulators have the opportunity and obligation to fulfill their oversight duties and hold Quemetco accountable for its historic and ongoing harm to people and the environment.

January 26, 2021 | Report

Quemetco’s Lead Legacy: A Cycle of Injustice and Contamination in Southern California

A new report details how Quemetco – the last remaining secondary lead smelter in California – has exploited a failed regulatory structure that does little to protect people and the environment.

January 15, 2021 | Legal Document

Petition for Review - Newburgh Clean Water Project et al v US EPA

A coalition of civil rights and environmental groups represented by Earthjustice sued the EPA for failing to protect children’s health and the safety of the drinking water of millions of people. The lawsuit comes as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final — but flawed —Lead and Copper Rule Revisions in the Federal Register.

January 15, 2021 | Press Release

Lead and Copper Rule: Protecting Communities from Lead in Drinking Water

HUD Knowingly Poisoned Our Children. This Can Never Happen Again.

Earthjustice Commends Delaying of Flawed Lead and Copper Rule

EPA Conducting Five-year Review of Superfund Site in East Chicago

Quemetco’s Lead Legacy: A Cycle of Injustice and Contamination in Southern California

Quemetco’s Lead Legacy: A Cycle of Injustice and Contamination in Southern California

Petition for Review - Newburgh Clean Water Project et al v US EPA

EPA Challenged for Shirking Duty to Protect Communities from Lead

Actualización de Regla de Plomo y Cobre Seguirá Afectando a Menores Hispanos y Afroamericanos

EPA’s lead rule update fails children’s health

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