Aug 18, 2014
Action Plan: Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning in Delaware County by 2027 (2022) Delaware County has the fifth highest number of children poisoned by lead of all PA counties, with an average of 250 children harmed each year. Lead was finally banned in residential...
Aug 18, 2014
Aug 18, 2014
Children First initiated a successful two-year campaign that resulted in Philadelphia City Council passing a law in December 2011 requiring landlords to test their properties for lead hazards to prove they are lead-safe and help protect young tenants from lead...
Aug 18, 2014
Aug 18, 2014
Across suburban southeast PA, at least 50% of homes were built before 1978 when lead-based paint was banned for residential use (a range of 52% in Chester County to 83% in Delaware County). Across the nation the number one source of lead poisoning is lead-based paint...
Jun 7, 2011
