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Biden's infrastructure plan targets lead pipes that threaten public health across the US

  • Written by Gabriel Filippelli, Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Center for Urban Health, IUPUI
imageA lead pipe (left) seen through a hole in the kitchen ceiling in the home of Desmond Odom, in Newark, New Jersey.AP Photo/Julio Cortez

President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a proposal to upgrade the U.S. drinking water distribution system by removing and replacing dangerous lead pipes. As a geochemist and environmental health...

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