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America Recycles
In honor of America Recycles Week, we're hosting events and activities, culminating in America Recycles Day on Friday, November 15.
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Learn more about America Recycles Week
What you can do to reduce, reuse, and recycle
Reducing Lead in Drinking Water
In the first major overhaul of the Lead and Copper Rule since 1991, the proposed rule is a critical step in the Trump Administration's Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures.
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Learn more about the proposed Lead and Copper Rule
Opportunity Zones
As part of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, EPA is working to spark a wave of innovation in Opportunity Zones and to incentivize investment in underserved areas.
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Children’s Health Month
EPA released Protecting Children’s Health, October 2019, to highlight major local and national initiatives and accomplishments to promote children’s environmental health.
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Read the Protecting Children’s Health booklet
Read the America's Children and the Environment booklet
Read the Progress Report on the Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures

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