"Biden administration's plan: Replacing lead pipes in cities within 10 years"

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed strict new rules that would require most U.S. cities to replace lead water pipes within 10 years, aiming to reduce lead in drinking water and prevent public health crises like those in Flint, Michigan, and Washington, D.C. The proposal, the strongest overhaul of lead rules in over three decades, would cost billions of dollars and improve IQ scores in children while reducing high blood pressure and heart disease in adults. Lead pipes, which can leach lead into tap water, are most common in older, industrial parts of the country, and their removal is part of a broader federal effort to combat lead exposure. The public will have a chance to comment on the proposal before it goes into effect.