EPA must review lead standard
In Tuesday’s environmental law news, Judge Richard Webber of the US District Court of Eastern Missouri has ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to review its health standard for lead pollution in the air, and has ordered the agency to do so. The national standard for airborne lead is to be reviewed every five years, but the EPA has not reviewed the lead standard since 1990. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has more.
