Newsroom

Lead Safe America Newsroom

The Lead Safe America Newsroom is a resource for journalists, public-health professionals, and policy researchers covering lead exposure, environmental toxicology, and consumer-safety issues. We provide expert commentary, source verification, and access to our peer-reviewed reference library.

What we offer journalists

  • Expert commentary on federal lead-related rulemaking, peer-reviewed research, state-level policy, and household risk reduction. Our editorial team includes domain specialists in environmental toxicology and pediatric environmental health.
  • Verification of published claims. Every quantitative claim in our published work is sourced. We will provide direct citations on request.
  • Background documents for articles in development.

For interview requests, contact media@leadsafeamerica.org. We respond within one business day during the workweek.

Our editorial team

Lead Safe America’s editorial team includes:

  • Marian E. Holloway, ScD, MPH — Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Toxicology & Public Health. Coverage of lead exposure pathways, regulatory tracking, and pediatric environmental health.
  • David T. Reston, MD — Pediatric Health Reviewer. Clinical review of all medical content. Specialty: Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) network.

Additional contributors are credentialed in their respective domains. Author credentials are stated on each article.

Editorial principles, briefly

  • Source-anchored. Every quantitative claim traces to peer-reviewed publication, federal data source, or regulatory document.
  • Independent. No advertising, no sponsored content, no commercial relationships with product manufacturers, contractors, or platform operators.
  • Reviewed. Medical content is reviewed by a credentialed clinician. Last-reviewed dates appear on every page.
  • Corrected promptly. Substantive errors result in public correction notices.

For our complete editorial framework, see Editorial Standards.

Recent coverage areas

Our editorial focus over the current quarter has been:

  • The 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) and its state-level implementation. See our state-by-state audit.
  • The CDC Blood Lead Reference Value at 3.5 µg/dL and its implications for pediatric screening. See coverage.
  • EPA’s RRP rule enforcement landscape following 2024 changes. Coverage in development.
  • State behavioral-health infrastructure for problem gambling in the post-PASPA era. See our public-health framework.

Press contact

Email: media@leadsafeamerica.org

For non-press inquiries, see Contact.