(Sue Gunderson & Chris Johnson)  In 2003, Michael T. Martin, a research analyst for the Arizona School Boards Association, published “A Strange Ignorance: The Role of Lead Poisoning in Failing Schools”. The report concluded, among other things, that “for some reason the education community, even today, displays a strange ignorance of an entire spectrum of [...]

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(Chris Johnson) After a holiday and first of the year hiatus, the CLEARCorps Blog returns. I have a question? What happens on December 31, 2010 if there are still significant numbers of children in this country with elevated blood lead levels?  To understand the question, let us do a bit of time travel and flash [...]

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(Megan Curran de Nieto) Last weekend I was doing some shopping at a local party store. I was in search of a specific color of napkins and coordinating table cloth when I wandered into the isle with the party favors and trinkets. My eyes widened like a kid in a candy store, only I was [...]

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(Chris Johnson) New Year’s Day marks the start of  year 18 working with lead poisoning prevention and as I think about this milestone, it puts me in mind of the French saying that goes something to the effect that the more things change, the more they stay the same. There have been a lot of [...]

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(Chris Johnson) The mind is a strange thing. I woke up this morning around 3:30 with lead on my mind. We are rapidly nearing 2010, the supposed goal point for the elimination of lead poisoning, and I was wondering what the future holds in terms of lead poisoning prevention. If the current action level of [...]

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(Megan Curran de Nieto) We have spent the last week in Washington DC at the National AmeriCorps Meetings and I have to say I am inspired and impressed by the amazing work that the AmeriCorps members across the country are doing and energized by the Corporation for National Service. Just imagine the positive impact that [...]

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(Joe Battaglia) As AmeriCorps affiliates, we all rely on the spirit of Americans to volunteer and participate in their communities, for each of us to find the best part of ourselves to be engaged and active in the improving the well-being of those around us and who come after us.   A recent study in Volunteering [...]

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(Barbara Kelly) We who have worked in the childhood lead poisoning prevention and environmental health fields can sometimes feels as if we’ve ‘seen it all’ when it comes to the possibilities for potential harm to children from lead.  But, never say ‘never’! The Washington Post recently ran an article in their Health Section, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR2009032301764.html This [...]

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(Barbara Kelly) Say Hello to the Future! CLEARCorps (CC) is always interested in people and organizations that share similar goals. In this case, it is an organization called Green For All (www.greenforall.org). I recently attended the Voices for National Service and Corps Network Awards Presentation event in Washington DC, where I heard Julian McQueen speak [...]

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(Chris Johnson) On March 16, 2009, Jane Genova, author of  “Law And More Deconstructing What Happens In Law” chatted with CLEARCorps/USA Excutive Director about recent TV shows featuring lead-focused story lines. Here is what Sue had to say. “As for your question about who or what could be pushing the featuring of lead issues on [...]

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