Major U.S. Cities Violate New EPA Lead Standards
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 11:30
in Earth & Climate
Sixteen areas, including Los Angeles, Tampa and Cleveland, have unhealthful amounts of lead in the air that violate national standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday.Declared " nonattainment areas ," those regions, located in 11 states , must require smelters and other industries to reduce the amount of lead they emit into the air. Under federal law, those areas have five years, until the end of 2015, to meet a new federal health standard. [More]