Health and Fitness

Senator Durbin Discusses New Initiatives to Address High Rates of Lead Exposure in Cities

Durbin’s bills to update regulations at EPA and HUD are part of larger push by Senate Democrats to combat lead contamination

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today highlighted new initiatives to protect children in affordable housing from lead poisoning and update the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) lead and copper regulations to establish mandatory lead testing of pipes and water in cities—large and small—across the country. The measures will be part of…

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