(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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(Joe Battaglia) Partners West Elmwood Neighborhood Development Corporation, CLEARCorps Rhode Island and The Childhood Lead Action Project have combined to clear over 120 units, most since July 1 2009, 70 between January and March alone (even given the winter and the recent floods!).  Over the course of the project, we have enrolled over 400 families [...]

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(Joe Battaglia) Safe is a tricky word. We all want safety for our children in all areas of their environment: mold free, accident safe, zero pesticide, and lead-safe.  But what does it mean to be truly safe?  What amount of risk is acceptable or even desirable.  Since the drop of the “safe” or “actionable level” [...]

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As an update to the previous blog entry, for a more complete list of the sources of lead, please visit the Lead Advisory Service Australia’s web site.

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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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(Mary Sue Schottenfels: Executive Director) A view from Detroit… With all the discussion about laws, codes, and protecting children from lead poisoning, an important component of the problem is overlooked, namely that in spite of a community’s best efforts, there are still housing units that are responsible for poisoning children more than once. Identifying and [...]

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