In July, a federal appeals court ruled that the E.P.A. Activists hailed Wednesday’s court ruling and called it long overdue. “That’s the hurtful thing, how many children could have been prevented from suffering the pains of lead poisoning,” she said. Meanwhile, the court said, the risks to children from lead poisoning under standards the E.P.A. The problem is particularly acute in parts of the Northeast: The regions with the largest proportions of blood specimens with the highest lead levels were in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, according to the study.

Source: New York Times December 28, 2017 01:18 UTC