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Oct 17, 2024 | Guest Author
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes is extending the application period...
Aug 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) surveyed school districts across the country on testing for lead in drinking water....
Aug 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on air quality, tracking the country’s progress in...
A new report from the National Academy for State Health Policy, State Strategies to Improve Childhood Lead Screening and Treatment...
May 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Cynthia Harding, MPH, Chief Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH); Angelo Bellomo, MS, REHS,...
Apr 27, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury, and others are present in certain foods. At high levels, metals can be toxic...
Apr 25, 2018 | Amy Chang
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes is extending the application period for its 2018 grants to state and local governments to control lead and other housing hazards in low-income privately-owned housing. First-time grantees can receive up to $2.3 million for these 3½ year grants; previous grantees […]
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) surveyed school districts across the country on testing for lead in drinking water. Here is a brief summary of the findings: “An estimated 43 percent of school districts, serving 35 million students, tested for lead in school drinking water in 2016 or 2017, according to GAO’s nationwide survey of […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on air quality, tracking the country’s progress in improving air quality since the passage of the Clean Air Act. The report, “Our Nation’s Air: Status and Trends Through 2017,” documents the considerable improvements in air quality across America over more than 45 years. Between 1990 […]
A new report from the National Academy for State Health Policy, State Strategies to Improve Childhood Lead Screening and Treatment Services under Medicaid and CHIP, “details the potential health impacts of lead toxicity in children and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for screening and treatment under Medicaid and CHIP. It also explores several state […]
By Cynthia Harding, MPH, Chief Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH); Angelo Bellomo, MS, REHS, QEP, Deputy Director, Health Protection, LACDPH; Kim Harrison Eowan, MPH, Senior Advisor to the Chief Deputy Director, LACDPH The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines environmental justice as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all...
Heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury, and others are present in certain foods. At high levels, metals can be toxic especially to children. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established a workgroup of food safety experts to advise the FDA about how to protect all consumers from these metals when present in foods. […]
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