From Rome to Flint: 2,000 Years of Lead and Neglect

As the EPA Stalls Again, America’s Century‑Long Failure to Remove Lead Pipes Continues

“Water is much more wholesome from earthenware pipes than from lead pipes. For it seems to be made injurious by lead, because this is harmful to the human body.”
— Vitruvius, De Architectura, 1st century BCE

In April, the Environmental Protection Agency quietly announced that it would delay enforcement of key deadlines in its Lead and Copper Rule Improvem…