HUD Modifies Blood Lead Level Threshold for Children
HUD published a notice modifying its elevated blood lead level (EBLL) threshold under its Lead Safe Housing Rule.
Tag: lead
Mitigating the Neurotoxic Effects of Lead Exposure
A new study by Thomas Jefferson University neuroscientist Jay Schneider, PhD, suggests that the toxic effects of lead can be mitigated by attentive maternal care and an enriched environment in an animal model.
Environmental Health During Preconception and Pregnancy – Opportunities for Prevention
In this webinar you will learn about burgeoning environmental health issues and how nurses can incorporate this information into their nursing practice.
Department of Health Alerts Pennsylvanians About Recall of Children’s Jewelry Set Due to Lead and Cadmium Levels
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) is alerting parents and caregivers about the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall of Yaomiao Children’s Jewelry Sets. Lead and cadmium levels that exceed federal safety standards have been found in the jewelry sets.
Prenatal lead and mercury monitoring program in NJ
Eric Bind, MPP, of the NJ Department of Health will discuss prenatal lead and mercury monitoring program in NJ. Eric is a research scientist with the State of New Jersey Biomonitoring Program, Metals Laboratory. His work includes the Prenatal Screening Adaptability Project and blood biomonitoring for lead and mercury.
Protecting Our Children from Environmental Hazards
Please join the Drexel Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program for its first MCH Speaker Series Presentation of 2025! Feel free to share this with trainees and colleagues who may also be interested. All are welcome.
PRCCEH 2024 Year in Review
PRCCEH looks back at 2024!
Tips for choosing a healthy home, from an environmental health expert
Whether you are hoping to rent or buy, know what to look for and what questions to ask.
Drinking Water from Private Wells: Risks, Barriers, and Environmental Challenges
This Grand Rounds series will provide healthcare providers with state-of-the-science content on current topics in pediatric environmental health. Such information will fill in the knowledge gaps of practitioners, enabling them to effectively counsel families whose children face possible health issues due to environmental chemicals, toxins, and other insults.
Philadelphia releases lead pipe inventory: Much of the city left undetermined
The Philadelphia Water Department shared a public inventory of the city’s lead pipes. The material of service lines connecting hundreds of thousands of properties is unknown.
Lead paint upended this boy’s life. Now the EPA is trying to eliminate the threat.
The Environmental Protection Agency is about to issue strict limits on lead dust, which poses a threat to millions of children across the United States.
Pennsylvania to receive $43 million in federal funds to remove lead paint from homes
More than 70% of homes in Pennsylvania are estimated to have been built before the 1978 lead paint ban, leaving many kids vulnerable to lead poisoning.
Enduring Legacy of Lead: Webinar Recording
September 2024 webinar of the Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health. This webinar focused on the long-term impacts of lead exposure and how to properly communicate those impacts.
Safe Spaces: Protecting Student Health on Children’s Environmental Health Day and Every Day
This webinar will provide an overview of the unique vulnerabilities of children to environmental health hazards, including students and staff in the school environment focusing on both legacy and emerging threats
Leave Lead Behind: How to Protect Your Family from Exposure
Subject matter experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will serve as presenters for this webinar on lead.
Penn’s $100M pledge to Philadelphia public schools is helping to remediate environmental hazards
Penn’s commitment of $10 million annually for 10 years was announced in 2020; Penn Today reports on the progress made.
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
NLPPW is a call to bring together individuals, organizations, industry, and Tribal, state and local governments to reduce childhood exposure to lead by increasing lead poisoning prevention awareness.
Harmful chemicals in tap water: how to protect your family’s health
Many U.S. families trust their tap water or believe they can fully control their private well. But do you know how contaminated your water may be?
Childhood Lead Surveillance Annual Report – 2022 Data
This is the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s (Department) 17th childhood lead surveillance annual report, covering data for children tested in Pennsylvania (PA) during the calendar year 2022.
Green Cleaning for Childcare Providers
Join the Women for a Healthy Environment and the PRCCEH for an essential professional development session on Green Cleaning designed specifically for early childcare providers. This event provides 2 PQAS credits.
The Enduring Legacy of Lead Poisoning
PRCCEH is proud to welcome Dr. Bruce Lanphear of Simon Fraser University to kick off the Fall 2024 seminar series. This hybrid event is Friday, September 13 at 10am Eastern.
HUD Healthy Homes Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration Grants
Join U.S. DOE Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), and U.S. HUD Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes for an overview of the HUD Healthy Homes Weatherization Cooperation Demonstration Grant […]
Children’s Environmental Health Day Partner Info Session II
If you’re considering becoming a CEH Day Partner this October, join the Children’s Environmental Health Network for a brief informational session on CEH Day, Partner responsibilities and benefits, and how to get involved.
Children’s Environmental Health Day Partner Info Session I
If you’re considering becoming a Children’s Environmental Health Day Partner this October, join the Children’s Environmental Health Network for a brief informational session on CEH Day, Partner responsibilities and benefits, and how to get involved.