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Research & Projects
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
MISSION: To educate individuals in urban communities about lead poisoning prevention and its health consequences as well as how they can participate in lead poisoning prevention measures to protect themselves and others. This program also teaches our communities about local, state and federal lead poisoning prevention legislation.
UPDATE: The goal of this program was to provide 30 community trainings on lead poisoning prevention and Local Law 38 to the health districts of Brooklyn with the highest incidence of lead poisoning, including Bedford-Stuyvesant, Fort Greene, Flatbush and Bushwick.
To date, a total of 33 trainings have been provided and a total of 456 community representatives have participated in the trainings. The targeted population included school-based personnel, nurses, housing agency workers, social workers, parents, youth, social agency staff and others.
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