Oct 1, 2012 | Calendar, Environmental Health, Training Health Professionals
Join us for a one day presentation by leading experts on childhood lead poisoning prevention and other environmental toxins. A collaboration of Southern California Health and Housing Council, LA County Public Health–CLPPP, PSR-LA, LA Housing Department and the Healthy Homes Collaborative.
Sep 29, 2008 | Environmental Health, Health and Human Rights, Quarterly Newsletter
On August 19, 2008 California took a big step towards preventing future harm in children when it passed The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act out of the California legislature. Senate Bill (SB) 775 seeks to increase the number of children tested for lead...
Apr 29, 2008 | Environmental Health, Quarterly Newsletter
As anyone who has had to baby-proof a home knows, keeping toddlers safe from harm is a massive undertaking. Parents secure cabinets and move dangerous objects out of reach, but few realize that invisible lead dust is a potential health threat to many children. In Los...
Apr 29, 2007 | Environmental Health, Health and Human Rights, Quarterly Newsletter
Lead poisoning is one of the most common environmental health hazards for children in the United States today, with more than 640,000 children at high-risk for exposure in California alone. As a neuro-toxin, the health impacts of even low-level exposure include...
