This article was originally published by Lance D. Johnson at Natural News under the title: Hysterical, Power-Hungry EPA Will Require All Property Owners To Have “No Detectable Level Of Lead Dust In The Air” – An Impossible Feat
Lead exposure is a serious health concern, especially for children, whose developing brains are drastically affected by the heavy metal. However, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is going a step too far in regulating the heavy metal on private property.
According to new rules released by Biden’s EPA — homes, apartment buildings, and childcare facilities must test completely negative for lead. Under most circumstances, this is completely implausible. Lead particulate matter is ubiquitous in air measurements across the world.
Instead of taking realistic steps to mitigate the risk of heavy metal exposures, this new rule gives the EPA unlimited power and uses hysterical measurements to seize control over private property.
All air and soil contain detectable levels of lead, but there’s no reason to panic
Under the new rules, any detectable level of lead dust in a building would be considered a “lead hazard” and property owners would be ordered by the EPA and the courts to clean up the building. If remediation efforts are not good enough (and they won’t be in most cases), then the building may be condemned or torn down.
This is what happens when hysteria takes over the regulatory agencies: they virtue signal about detecting irrelevant concentrations and then use their findings to justify abusing their power. In the study, National Trends in Lead Concentration in 2010-2023, the ambient lead level in the atmosphere across the US is just over 0.025 ug/m³. This is based on the measurement of 79 sites across the country. Similarly in Europe, soil levels of lead are routinely measured at 25-35 ng/m³, which is
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