White House Proposes Potentially Backbreaking Cuts for Lead Programs
The priorities reflected in the early May budget proposal show a misunderstanding about federal lead programs.
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Lead in Baby Food: Transparency Update on 40 Baby Food Brands
19 of 40 baby food brands selling products in California are making arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury test results publicly available.
Societal Benefits of Reducing Lead: Preventing ADHD Cases in Children
EPA’s and Unleaded Kids’ tools can help communities project cost savings associated with the neurodevelopment disorder and lead exposure.
Societal Benefits of Reducing Lead: Calculating IQ-Related Increased Lifetime Earnings
Spotting the loss of an IQ point in a child is not possible. However, powerful statistical tools enable us to “see” the loss in terms of public health and societal impacts.
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.
Lead in Workers: CA Strengthens Woefully Outdated Standards
These changes can serve as a model to federal OSHA and other states.
Engaging Landlords and Tenants in LSL Replacement
Momentum is building to replace the estimated 9 million lead service lines that still bring water to properties nationwide. To achieve the goal, we need to engage landlords and renters in the process.
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 Kids: California’s Lagging Screening May Fall Further Behind
California is considering eliminating its Child Health and Disability Prevention Program that could set back blood-lead testing for kids, especially in low-income, rural areas. The program has served the crucial function of connecting families to required Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment services (including blood lead testing) and the managed care providers providing them.
New England Lead Conference: Invigorating Discussions Among Diverse Stakeholders
What Happened? Unleaded Kids’ Tom Neltner joined about 200 people attending the in-person New England Regional Lead and Healthy Housing Conference on May 2–3, 2024, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It […]