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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing tighter rules for exposure to lead in residential buildings and child care facilities.
The new draft rule from the EPA would lower its lead dust hazard level to any level greater than zero — meaning any amount of lead found in a building would be considered hazardous.
The Biden administration is also reducing the dust lead clearance levels that limit how much lead can remain after cleanup has taken place.
According to the agency, the rules would be expected to limit lead exposure for 250,000 to 500,000 children younger than 6 annually.
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