Recent Unsafe Water Quality News Louisiana
- Tracking Drinking Water Quality in Louisiana
- US Millions Exposed to Contaminated Drinking Water
https://www.newsweek.com/drinking-water-contamination-pfas-millions-more-affected-2116966
- PFAS’s Linked to a Range of rare Cancers
- United States Geological Survey Recent October 2024 Data
- PFAS Exposure Through Food, Water, Swimming in USA Lakes
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-exposed-pfas-food-lakes.html
- What Can Be Done: Strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently estimated that there are 9.2 million lead service lines across all 50 states; an earlier NRDC survey put that number between 9.7 million and 12.8 million. In fact, between 2018 and 2020, at least 186 million people, more than half of the country’s population, drank from water systems that detected lead levels exceeding 1 part per billion, the level recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics to protect schoolchildren.
The Lead and Copper Rule is supposed to address the nation’s lead drinking water problem. Even though the Trump administration weakened the rule, the EPA announced in 2021 that it will no longer defend that version of the regulation in court. The agency also plans to update the Lead and Copper Rule by October 2024. A stronger rule would be crucial to replacing all of the country’s lead pipes within the decade.
- Safe Water and Your Health
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/water-poll
What is the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences Doing?
