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MassDEP explains how homeowners can identify and replace lead service lines
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Denene Simpson, director of environmental justice at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, opened a MassDEP briefing in which agency staff explained how residents can identify and replace lead service lines and where to seek help.
Denene Simpson, director of environmental justice at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, opened a MassDEP briefing in which agency staff explained how residents can identify and replace lead service lines and where to seek help.
Jessica Sebersky, MassDEP’s lead-in-drinking-water team lead, said, "A lead service line is a pipe made of lead that connects your house or building to the water main in the street." She urged residents to take the risk seriously, quoting public-health guidance: "lead is a toxic metal, and the Center for Disease Control in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health says that lead is toxic to the human brain, blood, nervous system, and kidneys, and the greatest risk of lead exposure is to infant, young children, and…
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