Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) shares traded lower on Thursday following a Wall Street Journal report suggesting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent letters requesting to meet with telecom companies regarding lead-sheathed cables. What To Know: According to the report released Thursday afternoon, the EPA has previously discovered, “more than 100 soil and sediment readings with lead above the regulator’s safety guideline for children at some phone lead-cable sites identified by The Wall Street Journal in three states.” The letters sent to the two compa…