{"id":14137,"date":"2016-05-08T15:40:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T19:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstfocus.org\/?p=14137"},"modified":"2024-03-13T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T14:07:00","slug":"webinar-recording-on-child-lead-poisoning-preventable-harm","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/firstfocus.org\/resource\/webinar-recording-on-child-lead-poisoning-preventable-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar Recording on Child Lead Poisoning: Preventable Harm"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lead<\/a>
Click here to access the webina<\/strong>r<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, the Coalition on Human Needs, First Focus, Children\u2019s Leadership Council, Partnership for America\u2019s Children, MomsRising, and the National Head Start Association hosted a national webinar open to the public on child lead poisoning.<\/p>\n

The lead poisoning of children (and adults) in Flint, Michigan, has focused the nation\u2019s attention on the terrible human cost of allowing contamination of our water supply. We have since learned that lead in water affects many communities nationwide, and that lead from paint in older buildings is an even more prevalent source of child poisoning. We have known about this for a long time, and steps to reduce the lead around us in previous decades have dramatically reduced the number of children suffering from lead poisoning. But reduced investments by local, state, and federal governments have slowed our progress and brought preventable harm to more than half a million U.S. children.<\/p>\n

Webinar Speakers Included:<\/p>\n