Tell the EPA to replace every lead water pipe!

There is no safe level of lead. And yet, tens of millions of people nationwide receive their drinking water from a lead pipe. Tell EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin you want safe drinking water and support the EPA rule to help rid the nation of the scourge of toxic lead pipes.

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Brian Maranan Pineda for NRDC

There is no safe level of lead. And yet, tens of millions of people nationwide receive their drinking water from a lead pipe.

Lead harms the developing brain, making it especially dangerous for children and pregnant people. It can also cause fatal heart disease in adults.

Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established a strong rule requiring that virtually every lead pipe will be replaced in 10 years. It is a critical step for protecting our kids and families from lead-contaminated drinking water.

But the Trump EPA has not committed to defending that new rule to help get lead out of drinking water — and the deadline for them to do so is rapidly approaching. Water utilities are challenging the rule in court so it’s urgent that the EPA stand up for eliminating lead water pipes and addressing this urgent public health issue.

Tell EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin you want safe drinking water and support the EPA rule to help rid the nation of the scourge of toxic lead pipes.

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Subject Defend the EPA’s rule to replace every lead water pipe

Dear Administrator Zeldin,

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There is no safe level of lead. And yet, tens of millions of people nationwide drink tap water served by lead pipes. The EPA’s recent Lead and Copper Rule Improvements Act will result in removing virtually every lead pipe in the nation in the next ten years. It is a critical tool to attack this public health crisis so everyone can access safer drinking water.

The Trump administration has not yet decided whether it will support the lead rule. But it would be a huge mistake to fail to defend this crucial rule that will finally start to tackle the lead-contaminated drinking water crisis.

Every single person in this country depends on strong EPA protections for the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the safety of our communities. It is the EPA’s job to defend those safeguards.

I stand with countless Americans across the country who are opposed to any attempts to dismantle or weaken the EPA protections against lead-contaminated water.

Please, do your part to defend the EPA rule ensuring dangerous lead water pipes are replaced.

Thank you.

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