Marc Edwards — Dr. Edwards was recognized by AAAS for his efforts to apply his engineering expertise to
revealing dangerous levels of lead contamination in water supplies in Flint, Michigan.
Edwards, University Distinguished Professor and the Charles P. Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, was recognized by AAAS for his efforts «to apply his engineering expertise to revealing
dangerous levels of lead contamination in water supplies.»
Also, the National Institutes of Health estimates that roughly 20 million artificial trees in U.S. homes are at least nine years old — that's when they typically start to deteriorate and give off
possibly dangerous levels of lead dust.
But the crisis in Flint,
where dangerous levels of lead were found in drinking water in February 2015, has raised serious questions about water quality in cities like Buffalo that have older infrastructure.
Buffalo's lead poisoning crisis — some 1,000 children are diagnosed every year
with dangerous levels of lead in their blood — could be worse than reported, Investigative Post has determined.
The 2018 award was give to Marc Edwards for his efforts to apply his engineering expertise to
revealing dangerous levels of lead contamination in water supplies in Flint, Michigan.
The bill comes just days after leaders of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades reported that there were
dangerous levels of lead in paint chips falling from the No. 7 line in Queens.
A state Department of Health study found that 18 to 24 children out of every 1,000 tested in Onondaga County had
dangerous levels of lead in their blood.
THERE are grave flaws in a study which claims that replacing conventional cars with electric vehicles will expose people to
dangerous levels of lead, according to industry and environmental groups.
The authors estimate that
the dangerous levels of lead in these low - and middle - income countries cause a loss of five to eight IQ points across the population as well as more than 51,000 DALYs.
Condors feed by scavenging; the results show that many of those sampled have
dangerous levels of lead in their bodies.
In early 2016, Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency in the majority black city of Flint over
the dangerous levels of lead in the drinking water — more than a year after concerns about the water were initially raised.
The letter raises questions about the proposed rule, specifically whether or not the EPA has developed a rule to identify «
dangerous levels of lead» in public and commercial buildings, what the target population is that the rule is meant to protect, whether the need for the rule is supported by academic studies, and what steps the EPA has taken to get input from the GAO, Architect of the Capitol, and other federal departments on their renovation and remodeling activities.