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...
Oct 28, 2022
Hometown Leadership on Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention “When I found out, I cried – a lot. I felt completely responsible.” Delco mom Andrea White felt such despair when she learned her two young children were poisoned by lead paint, and she is...
Oct 24, 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 paint in 1978, yet 81% of Delaware County houses and apartments were built before...
Oct 24, 2022
Oct 21, 2022
New PA Graduation Requirements will be a Hurdle for Students As if high school students haven’t had enough to deal with, new graduation requirements go into effect this year. A startlingly low 35% of students would graduate under the changes, according to the...
Oct 7, 2022
Getting Candidates on the Record Remember when Clint Eastwood berated an empty chair in the 2012 GOP National Convention? Well, we’re starting to understand his frustration because we’ve had 21 empty chairs at the Child Care Voters Candidate Conversations...
