April 24, 2026

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EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) 

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the release of new public education tools about lead poisoning prevention, including a new StoryMap about Lead and Children’s Health and EPA’s lead website, epa.gov/lead. The revamped website streamlines navigation to allow parents and caregivers, contractors, health care professionals, and other users to quickly find critical information on how to prevent exposures from lead that may be contained in paint and dust, drinking water, air, and soil. The website serves as a one-stop shop for EPA information on lead and quickly connects users to resources, tools, and guidance.

“Public education and actionable risk communication are key tenets to further reducing lead exposures, especially for children. The Trump EPA has made tremendous progress over the past year on this agency-wide initiative, and today marks a new transparent chapter,” said Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi. “These new, easy-to-use tools for American families are part of EPA’s broader leadership to protect children’s health and make progress in reducing lead exposures and lead-related health risks.”

As part of EPA’s commitment to gold standard science and transparency, this is another action solidifying the agency’s foundation for continued success in reducing children’s lead exposure and defining milestones to track that progress. The updated website is one of many actions being undertaken by EPA under the government-wide Federal Lead Action Plan, which was launched in President Trump’s first term as a blueprint for reducing lead exposure through collaboration among federal agencies. 

Other recent accomplishments include the following:

• $3 billion in new funding for states to reduce lead in drinking water and redistribution of $1.1 billion in unused funding, in addition to the announcement of $26 million in funding for states and territories for lead in drinking water at schools and child-care facilities.
• Issuance of the updated Residential Soil Lead Directive establishing a new approach to accelerate cleanup of lead contaminated soil on residential properties at Superfund sites and launch of a new National Center of Excellence in Residential Lead Cleanups.
• Revision and translation of the pamphlet, Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home, which explains the dangers of lead and how to protect your family from lead-based paint hazards in homes. The pamphlet must be provided to buyers and renters of housing built before 1978. Updates in English and Spanish reflect the implementation of the new dust-lead action levels and dust-lead reportable levels.
• Proposed amendments for secondary lead smelting that recycle lead-bearing scrap material, typically lead acid batteries, into elemental lead or lead alloys. 

These are only a handful of the many lead-related accomplishments delivered by the Trump Administration over the last year.

In addition to the lead StoryMap and revamped website, EPA added new search functions to its website to aid public education and information organization. A lead subject tag has now been added to EPA’s Newsroom to make it easier to find recent lead-related announcements.

Background

Since the 1970s, EPA has worked alongside partners at the federal, state, Tribal, and local levels to protect children’s health and make progress in reducing lead exposures and lead-related health risks. Despite improvements over the last 50 years, ongoing exposures to lead where our families live, work, and play present a health risk, especially to children.

To combat this issue, in 2025 the Trump EPA reestablished a committee of senior leaders across the agency’s program offices and ten regions to drive success in reducing children’s exposure to lead. This renewed agency-wide focus is centered around strengthening cooperative federalism, streamlining actionable risk communications, and unleashing private sector innovation to protect human health and the environment.

Please see epa.gov/lead for additional information.