CDC’s LEPAC Calls for Groundbreaking Action to Protect Adults from Lead
Lead exposure is a cardiovascular risk factor on par with high cholesterol, smoking, and high blood pressure. That message needs more attention.
Category: Health Risks
Protecting Kids from Lead: 10 Reasons to be Thankful
There have been many wins in 2024, and we are excited to review them.
Lead in Blood: CDC’s $1M Competition for Point-of-Care Device Development
There is a need for better point-of-care blood lead testing devices. We encourage all innovators to move forward with their devices.
White House, EPA Turn Talk into Action: An Unprecedented October
EPA improved its Lead and Copper Rule and revamped its interior dust lead standards, turning years of talk about “no safe level of lead exposure” into policy and action.
Lead in Food: FDA Study Shows Excessive Cadmium, Lead in Kids’ Diets
FDA needs to get the lead and cadmium action levels out by December as promised and then do more to protect millions of infants and young children.
Lead in Water: BlueConduit Maps Potential LSLs
Predictive modeling provides estimate of LSLs for each utility and can be a platform to provide information on each home.
Lead in Workers: CA Strengthens Woefully Outdated Standards
These changes can serve as a model to federal OSHA and other states.
Lead in Paint: RI’s New Rental Registry Gets Boost from Legislature
Our research shows low compliance with lead certificates, but the sate’s rental registry could help.
Lead in Paint: Contractor Machine-Sands Lead-Based Paint without Protection
EPA’s lead-safe work practices should be the norm. Unfortunately, they are not.
Lead in Products: Local Efforts Shine Critical Light; Benefits Could Drive Larger Change
Two cities have databases to capture consumer products containing lead. Their efforts create an obligation to translate their actions into international, national, state, local and corporate policies that will protect all children.