RWJF Scholar Finds Lead in Soil Can Harm Children
April 12, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Health & Society Scholar Sammy Zahran discusses his study that finds children in Detroit may be exposed to lead from contaminated soil.
Lead Poisoning
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Getting Rid of the Poisonous Effects of Lead in Children's Homes
March 9, 2009 | Story
Thousands of Baltimore children were exposed to - and poisoned by - lead in their own homes, but cleaning up conditions meant taking on landlords with lots of political clout.
Getting the Lead out of Housing that Federal Regulations Can't Reach
October 1, 2001 | Program Result
The National Center for Lead-Safe Housing, Columbia, Md., provided technical assistance to cities and states to help them develop and manage comprehensive, coordinated childhood lead-poisoning-prevention programs.
"Virtual House" Warns Parents About Household Toxin Risks to Children
February 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Children's Health Environmental Coalition, Princeton, N.J., created a conceptual prototype design for a Web-based virtual house, called HealtheHouse, to inform parents about environmental health risks to their children in the home.