EPA Eyes Setting Uniform Blood-Lead Target For Waste Cleanup Sites

June 2, 2020
EPA’s waste office is considering adopting a uniform blood-lead level goal for screening contaminated waste sites to determine if additional risk characterization is needed, a move that would ensure regional consistency but would result in stricter cleanup goals and potentially reduce lead-exposure risks in some regions with large lead-contaminated sites. But because such a revision could prompt more extensive cleanups of waste sites, especially those at orphan sites where EPA’s Superfund program is covering cleanup costs, agency officials appear to...


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