Entries Tagged as 'For Parents'

Finally, The Whole – and Holistic – Family Picture

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

(Barbara Kelly) Sue Gunderson, CLEARCorps USA Executive Director, recently elaborated a on the centrality of addressing the family unit in the fight against lead poisoning in an enlightening interview with Blogger Jane Genova – check out “Kid in leaded units need something very different than just getting lead out,” at Jane’s Blog Law and More Deconstructing [...]

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Tags: Current issues · For Educators · For Healthcare Workers · For Parents · General Interest

Michael Gets Tested

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

(Barbara Kelly) When my daughter, Colleen, took her little boy, Michael, to their Pediatrician for his ‘well child’ check up around his first birthday, she was dismayed to learn that she would need to bring him to a local lab to have him tested for lead poisoning.  In other words, he needed a blood test.  [...]

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Tags: For Educators · For Healthcare Workers · For Parents · General Interest

A View From The Field

November 6th, 2008 · No Comments

(Bobbi Corbin)   My experiences in screening children for lead in their blood have certainly been all good experiences!  I have been involved in screening and testing for a couple years now and parents of all children whether middle class, or low income,  all have the same feelings about the health of their children – [...]

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Tags: For Parents · General Interest