Testimony Presented to Philadelphia City Council Committee on Public Health Re: Ordinances 180936, 180937, 180938 Submitted by Donna Cooper Executive Director Public Citizens for Children and Youth March 19, 2019 Thank you very much for providing me the...
Despite high anxieties over lead, PA reports little progress According to the latest figures provided by the PA Department of Health, 9,325 children under the age of six in the Commonwealth were poisoned by lead in 2017. Considering the tragic, lifelong...
To ensure appropriate resources are directed to reduce the incidence of childhood lead exposure and poisoning, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania annually publishes a Childhood Lead Surveillance report. The reports for 2016 and 2017 were released in December 2018. These...