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Lead in Private Well Water and its Impacts on Children's Health
There is no safe level of lead. Lead can be present in drinking water without any noticeable changes in color or odor. It is the responsibility of private well owners to test their water for lead and to take appropriate measures to mitigate exposure.
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Activating the Building Blocks of Sustainability
One thing I’ve learned through my work with local communities is that they love celebrating what makes them unique. I love learning what they are most proud of and helping them turn their greatest assets into actions that matter for their community.
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Urban Golf and the Partnerships for Progress
In many ways golf is more than just a game. There’s a special place, right down the street from our Region 3 office in Center City Philadelphia, that is reimaging how kids can experience greenspaces.
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For Local Communities, the Sky is the Limit
Local Foods, Local Places' community-driven approach unleashes local creative minds to envision innovative paths to overcome the complex legacies of social and environmental problems and inequities.
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From Peace Corps to EPA
Meet some returned Peace Corps Volunteers who now work at EPA.
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Kicking off 2024 With Twin Birthdays and Reasons to be Thankful
A toxicologist with the Safer Choice program finds a label in the place she needed it the most.
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A Silver Anniversary for the Gold Standard in Children's Environmental Health Protection
An overview of the work of PEHSUs, a network of pediatricians, nurses, health educators and other health professionals with special expertise in the prevention, diagnosis, management, and treatment of health issues that arise from environmental exposures.
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How Community-Led Change is Helping Rural Places and People Thrive
Steph Bertaina provides a personal introduction to the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program.
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Protecting Children from Extreme Heat
With the arrival of long summer days spent outdoors in the heat, it is more important than ever to pay attention to extreme heat and children’s health.
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Protecting Children Around the World from the Dangers of Lead Paint
There is no known safe level of lead exposure without harmful effects, and even low levels of lead exposure may cause lifelong health problems.
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Hispanic Heritage Month: My journey en La EPA
For me, being a Hispanic EPA employee means being a part of the next generation of change agents – following the footsteps of the minority leaders who have made such a difference at our Agency.
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Lifting Up and Phasing Down: A Service to America Medal Recipient’s Story
The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal is a wonderful way to acknowledge the hard work that federal employees do, day in and day out, and highlight some of our critical actions.
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How's Your School's Air Quality?
As teachers, staff, and students all get ready to head back to the classroom, it’s also important to ensure that our schools welcome these important people back into a healthy learning environment.
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Follow the Data to Answer Questions about the Environment
My love for using data to answer important questions is shared by researchers across the country and all around the world – answering any question you can think of about the environment.
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Proud to Celebrate a Diverse EPA
As we face new challenges and setbacks at EPA, we find strength in our leaders, past and present, our circle continuously expands, and our work continues.