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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11, 2024 CONTACT: Heather Sorge Lead-Free NJ Program Manager hsorge@njfuture.org 609-393-0008 ext 1016 Lead is Left Out of the 2024 NJ State of the State Address TRENTON, NJ, January 11, 2024 — Lead-Free NJ (LFNJ) Advocacy Coordinating...

EPA Sets New Standards for Lead Poisoning Prevention and Requires Lead Line Replacement Nationwide within 10 Years December 21, 2023 On November 30, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed its Lead and Copper Rule Improvements, a great step in...

Eliminating Lead Service Lines Yields Huge Benefits for Reducing Premature Cardiovascular Deaths Published by Environmental Defense Fund Access Article Here By Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative / Published: December 6, 2023 EPA has proposed...

Lower Lead Levels In Water? It's About Time, Newark Activist Says The EPA is proposing a series of major changes to the nation's drinking water standards. A New Jersey educator says it's long overdue. Eric Kiefer,Patch Staff Mon, Dec 4, 2023  Posted by the Patch...

Biden Administration to Require Replacing of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years The proposal to rip out nine million pipes across the country could cost as much as $30 billion but would nearly eliminate the neurotoxin from drinking water.   Nov. 30, 2023 Published by The...

Feds help 10 NJ towns replace toxic lead service lines BRENDA FLANAGAN, SENIOR CORRESPONDENT | NOVEMBER 8, 2023 | ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT New Jersey is one of four states included in EPA ‘accelerator’ program Published by NJ Spotlight News Access article here The...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Get the Lead Out Initiative to Accelerate Removal of Lead Service Lines Nationwide as Part of Investing in America Agenda New initiative funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help 200 underserved...

The Benefits of Collaboration August 1, 2023 Published by Twenty Twenty Public Affairs. Access the article here. Some issues are so complex and multi-faceted, they require a collaborative approach.  Listening and learning from multiple and diverse partners will lead...

Published by The Trentonian. Access the article here. By: Shereyl Snider and Heather Sorge Trenton has the highest percentage of childhood lead exposure among large municipalities in New Jersey. If we’re going to get serious about eliminating lead from our...

May 11, 2023 From Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff NEWARK, NJ — A community activist from Newark recently made a plea to the New Jersey Senate for more funding in the state budget to help replace lead drinking water pipes. Yvette Jordan – a member of the Newark Education...