Environmental Protection Network Applauds Revisions to Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
Environmental Protection Network is Encouraged by EPA’s Restrictions on PFAS in Drinking Water and Urges Continued Focus on Polluters
EPN Comments on National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements
EPN Provides Oral Comments on EPA’s Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
Former EPA Director of Science and Technology Responds to Proposed LCR Improvements
EPN Writes Letter to National Drinking Water Advisory Council re: PFAS Water Rule
EPN Comments on EPA’s Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
EPN Expresses Scientific Concerns about WHO Draft Provisional Drinking Water Guidelines for PFOA, PFOS, and Total PFAS
EPN Submits Comments on WHO Draft Guidelines for PFOA, PFOS, and Total PFAS in Drinking Water
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Drinking Water
Final Lead Line Rule Conjures Up Flint Saga and Criticality of Trust
Elin Betanzo, former Environmental Engineer, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division, was quoted in The American Society of Civil Engineers about lessons learned from the Flint water crisis, including ways to maintain community trust, for example, involving communities in utility decision-making and covering costs of private lead-line replacement.
What Experts Say About Tap Water Amid New Concerns
Ronnie Levin, former Senior Scientist, EPA Region 2, was quoted in The Washington Post about chemicals like fluoride in drinking water and whether residents should be concerned.
This Substitute for Lead Pipes Could Carry Its Own Risks
Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2, was quoted in The Washington Post about a common substitute for lead pipes: polyvinyl chloride, which has similar toxicity and leaching concerns as lead.
Pipe Dream? RFK Jr.’s Fluoride Push Could Take Years.
Betsy Southerland, former Director of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in a Politico Pro article about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to end water fluoridation, describing that EPA regulates fluoride levels and makes recommendations to utilities if they choose to fluoridate. RFK Jr. can encourage the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to make new fluoridation recommendations, but it is ultimately EPA’s responsibility to regulate.