EPA Sets Lead Limit
Last Update: 10/16/2008 6:10 pm
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Topping tonight's "Health Headlines", the Environmental Protection Agency is setting a new health standard for lead. The new limit is the first update to the lead standard since 1978. It will slash the amount of the toxic metal allowed in the nation's air by 90%. EPA officials who were under a federal court order to set a new standard by midnight Wednesday said this new limit will better protect health, especially that of children.
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