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https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/regulations-reducing-lead-and-copper-contamination-in-drinking-water-generate-9-billion-of-health-benefits-per-year-according-to-new-analysis/>
"Boston, MA—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Lead and Copper
Drinking Water Rule Revision (LCRR) costs $335 million to implement while
generating $9 billion in health benefits annually—far exceeding the EPA’s
public statements that the LCRR generates $645 million in annual health
benefits, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School
of Public Health. The researchers also estimate that the LCRR generates at
least $2 billion in infrastructure benefits—something the EPA has never
calculated—bringing its total benefit to cost ratio to at least 35:1, compared
to the EPA’s stated benefit to cost ratio of 2:1.
“We thought the benefits of the LCRR might exceed costs by an order of
magnitude—but they were many times that,” said co-lead author Ronnie Levin,
instructor in the Department of Environmental Health. “The benefits include
better health for children and adults; non-health benefits in the form of
reduced corrosion damage to water infrastructure and appliances; and improved
equity in the U.S., as lead-contaminated drinking water disproportionately
impacts low-income and minority populations on whom health damages have more
severe effects.”
The final version of the study was posted online May 4, 2023, and will be
published in the July 15, 2023 edition of
Environmental Research. Currently,
the EPA is developing the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), a set of
new regulations intended to improve upon the impacts of the LCRR."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
