Why isn the U.S. leading the “Lead-Free” charge?
The United States has been slow to adopt legislation specifically banning or restricting Lead and other hazardous substances because the EPA is still conducting tests to determine the exact impact of certain substances in the environment. Where the U.S. has an innocent until proven guilty philosophy with regards to this sort of thing, the European Union has a more ‘common sense’ policy requiring much less scientific proof to move forward, choosing not to wait on restricting something that is harmful.
