Lead abatement in the United States

Contractors may use an electric sander equipped with a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtered vacuum or a heat gun.

[3] The benefits include reduced health care costs, extended lives (and earnings), increased tax revenue, reductions in crime, and more.

This is even more true in for the "lowest hanging fruit", like removing lead from all fuels including in lower income countries.

[5] It was constantly endorsed by local and state governments until the 1970s, despite domestic occurrences of lead poisoning and reports from European countries that revealed its toxicity.

[17][18][19] Poorly treated water and decaying pipes caused lead levels to rise significantly and become extremely dangerous if ingested.

[20] Other cities are suspected of having contaminated water following an analysis of EPA records by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

It has been estimated that in 2015 over 18 million people had been served by 5,363 community water systems that did not comply with EPA's Lead and Copper Rule.

[21] An additional 33 cities around the US have been investigated for violating EPA guidance when it comes to properly testing their water systems for lead contamination.

In seven cities testers or members of the public were instructed to remove aerators (which reduces lead content) before opening water taps and drawing samples.

[24] It has been estimated that removing the large, common lead hazards in the US would cost $400bn over a 10-year period, but save $84bn just for children born in 2018.