EPA’s Childhood Lead Exposure Strategy Coming Dec. 19

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to release a long-awaited, multi-agency plan to reduce childhood exposure to lead on Dec. 19, an agency spokeswoman confirmed.

Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler will join Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson in revealing the plan to address exposure to lead, a toxic metal that can cause irreversible neurological and cognitive damage to children.

The national plan builds upon work that began with a February 2017 task force meeting that included former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and 15 other federal agency heads to identify opportunities to reduce risk to lead ...