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Next week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and there is a lot happening! Check out more below.
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Can't make an in-person event?
There are many ways for lead poisoning advocates to be involved remotely! Here are a just a few next week (and beyond).
- Collaborative Discussions on HUD’s Proposed Formula Funding HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH) has published a request for information about the idea of moving a significant portion of the office’s lead hazard reduction grants to a formula funding approach. The National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition (NSHHC) is hosting collaborative discussion sessions to provide space for our members and others to consider HUD’s proposal. Here's the schedule: -Thursday, October 24, from 3-4:30 p.m. ET. Register here -Tuesday, October 29, from 12-1:30 p.m. ET. Register here
- Check out all the resources and events put on by the EPA here.
- Leave Lead Behind: How to protect your family from exposure: Join CDC Physician Dr. Arthur Chang, MD and Health Communication Specialist Noëlle Kachinsky, MBA on October 23, 2024, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. EDT for a webinar to learn more about how to prevent lead exposure, the health effects of lead exposure, what to do if a child has been exposed to lead, and historical national trends for lead levels. Register for Leave lead behind: How to protect your family from exposure webinar.
- Lead-Free Communities Initiative: Connecting people with resources and assistance the road to lead exposure elimination: Join CDC Public Health Advisor Quanza Brooks-Griffin, MPA on October 25, 2024, from 2:00–3:00 p.m. EDT for a webinar to learn more about the Lead-Free Communities initiative and ways our toolkit can help get your organization involved in reducing lead exposure. Register for Lead-Free Communities Initiative Webinar.
- Assessing Lead Impacts: Effects on People and Society, Nov 1st The Montefiore Medical Center's New York State Lead Poisoning Prevention Resource Center is presenting this free virtual conference on November 1st from 10AM-1:15PM. Registration is required.
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