Being on Top of the Presidential Agenda – Feb 3, 2023

  Calling In the Feds  “With the help of advocacy groups like Children First, I transformed my guilt into action by helping to pass lead-safe rental laws, update building codes, and fight for universal testing. The real solutions prevent lead poisoning...

Toxic Lead: PA Lawmakers Must Act to Protect Children

Lead can seriously harm a child’s health and cause well-documented adverse effects such as damage to the brain and nervous system, slowed growth, development and learning and behavior, hearing and speech problems – which can cause lower IQ, decreased ability to pay...

Using Municipal Codes and Other Strategies to Protect PA Children

CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING IS 100% PREVENTABLE primarily by removing lead paint-based hazards in homes. For every dollar spent on removing lead paint-based hazards in children’s homes and apartments, $17–$221 would be returned in health benefits, increased IQ, higher...

A Fresh Approach to a Lingering Problem – Jan 20, 2023

  Ending Childhood Lead Poisoning is Possible There is an entirely preventable health disaster plaguing Pennsylvania that robs thousands of children of their potential and drains communities’ resources with avoidable costs – lead poisoning. This may surprise you...