lead poisoning news articles

There is a lot going on all over the country about issues having to do with the spread of lead poisoning and the relative inaction regarding abatement activities at large. We capture some of the many daily articles circulating and post them here for people who want to dive in a read a lot to get up to speed as quickly as possible to join CrowdLead and become more literate on this complex topic that spans many industries, data sources, policies, and socio-economic lines. If you have articles we should post here, please submit via our contact form - and thank you, in advance, for contributing to our knowledge base!

Lead in California

• VC Star, May 22, 2018:"Settlement in lead paint lawsuit could help fix more than 22,000 local housing units"

• Silicon Valley News, May 18, 2018: "$60 Million Settlement Reached in Lead Paint Lawsuit; Companies Fight to Overturn Court Ruling"

• Insurance Journal, May 18, 2018: "Manufacturer Paying $60M to Settle California Lead Paint Litigation"

• The Associate Press, May 16, 2018: "Firm to pay $60 million to settle California lead paint litigation"

• Los Angeles Times, Mar. 30, 2018: "It's deceptively called the Healthy Homes and Schools Act, and it's a taxpayer ripoff"

• CA State Attorney General Press Release: Feb. 22, 2018: "Attorney General Becerra Establishes Bureau of Environmental Justice"

• Environmental Working Group, Jan. 31, 2018: "Almost Three-Fourths of California’s High-Risk Toddlers Miss Annual Lead Tests Required by Law"

• ABC 7 News: Nov. 16, 2017: "7 On Your Side: Lawsuit blames closure of local daycare on 'mega landlord'"
• LAW360, Nov. 15, 2017: "Paint Cos. Win Bid To Trim $1B Lead Cleanup Judgment"
• SF Gate, Nov. 10, 2017: "EBMUD joins in new round of water testing for lead at Oakland schools"
• KRON4, Nov. 1, 2017: "VIDEO: Activists, parents concerned about high levels of lead in Oakland school water"
• CBS SF Bay Area, Nov. 1, 2017: "Community Demands End To Lead Contamination In Oakland Schools"
• Bustle, Nov. 4, 2017: "'Flint' Is The True Story Of The Flint Water Crisis & The Inspiring Women Who Uncovered It"
• CalPIRG, Nov. 1, 2017: "Local Groups Launch New Effort to Get Lead Out of Drinking Water at Oakland Schools"
• East Bay Times, Oct. 27, 2917: "Lead contamination in water at seven Oakland schools, district officials admit poor communication"
• PressReleasePoint.com for EWG, Oct. 5, 2017: "California Governor Signs Major Reform of Kids Lead Testing Program Into Law"
• CalMatters, Sept. 19 2017: "California lags in testing toddlers for lead exposure"
• Environmental Working Group EWG.org, Sep. 19, 2917: "One-Third of California’s High-Risk Kids Not Tested for Lead Poisoning"
• Pew Charitable Trust Health Impact Project, Aug. 30, 2017: "10 Policies to Prevent and Respond to Childhood Lead Exposure"
• NBC Bay Area, Aug. 23, 2017: "Oakland High School, District Tackle High Levels of Lead in Water"
• CityLab, Jul 28, 2017: "Urban Health Has Dodged a Bullet"
• Ventura County Star, Jul 7, 2017: "Study links lead poisoning, school suspensions"
• LA Times, Jun. 30, 2017: "Many near the Exide plant are concerned about lead poisoning and dissastisfied with its cleanup, survey finds"
• Reuters Investigates, Jun. 20, 2017: "Across Los Angeles, toxic lead harms children in neighborhoods rich and poor"
• RT America, Apr. 7, 2017: "Public health nightmare: Lead poisoning in Fresno, CA"
• KEYT.com, Mar 28, 2017: "Report: Many California children test positive for lead poisoning"
• CalCoastNews.com, Mar. 27, 2017: "High lead poisoning rates found in California communities"
• Curbed San Francisco, Mar. 24, 2017: "Eight East Bay neighborhoods have lead poisoning rates worse than Flint, Michigan"
• San Diego Union Tribune, Mar. 23, 2017: "Requiring lead testing of children in California makes sense"
• Vice News Environment, Mar. 22, 2917: "Worse Than Flint"
• YourCentralValley.com, Mar. 22, 2017: "Health Officials say Lead Poisoning Especially High in Fresno 93701 Zipcode"
• Reuters, Mar. 22, 2017: "Exclusive: Lead poisoning afflicts neighborhoods across California"
• Los Angeles Daily News, Mar. 18, 2017: "California kids would all be screened for lead if plan passes"
• East Bay Times, Mar. 10, 2017: "Oakland: Child lead exposure in Fruitvale worse than Flint, Michigan, study finds"
• East Bay Times, Mar. 4, 2017: "PG&E to remove lead paint on transmission towers in Contra Costa, Alameda Counties"
• CBS SF Bay Area News, Feb. 17, 2017: "Elevated Lead Levels Revealed In California Workers, Children"
• San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 6, 2017: "Bay Area communities need to get the lead out of aging housing"
• Inhabitat, Jan. 18, 2017: "Oakland has an even worse lead problem than Flint, Michigan"
• Collective Evolution, Jan. 17, 2017: "Dangerous Lead Exposure Found In Oakland, California – Exceeds Levels In Flint, Michigan"
• Public CEO, Jan. 5, 2017: "8 CA ZIP Codes Have Worse Lead Contamination than Flint"
• Los Angeles Times, Apr. 8, 2016: "Higher levels of lead found in blood of children near Exide plant in Vernon"
• CBS SF Bay Area News, Dec. 30, 2016: "Official Blames Lead Levels In Oakland’s Fruitvale On Paint"
• East Bay Express, Dec. 29, 2016: "Oakland's Toxic Lead Contamination Isn't in the Water. It's in the Buildings and Dirt, and It's Bad."
• ABC 7 News, Dec. 29 2016:  "Oakland kids exposed to more lead contamination than in Flint, Michigan"
• SF Gate, Dec. 28, 2016: "Report finds child lead exposure rate in Oakland higher than Flint's"
• CBS SF Bay Area News, Dec. 28, 2016 : "Lead Tests On 500 Oakland Children Show Higher Contamination Rate Than Kids In Flint, MI"
• Bill Moyers & Company, Dec. 19, 2013: "Judge Orders Companies to Pay $1.1 Billion for Lead Paint Removal"

Lead in other United states & globally

• Journal Sentinal: Apr. 9, 2018: "Paint industry accused of trying to create diversion over lead poisoning in Milwaukee"

• The Hour: Apr. 1, 2018: "Norwalk cuts kids’ lead poisoning cases in half"

• The SUN UK: Mar. 31, 2018: "DEATH BY PAINT Toddler killed by lead poisoning after eating flakes of paint-covered wood"

• CBS News: Mar. 30, 2018: "Milwaukee's slow response to troubling lead level reports sparks outrage"

• Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service: Mar. 23, 2018: "Do you know a child who has lead poisoning? Help us by telling your story"

• USA Today/The Evening Sun: "How Does Lead Get in Your Water?"
• Detroit Metro Times: Mar. 22, 2018: "Detroit retools demolition plans, citing possible link between demos and lead poisoning"
• Business Daily Africa, Mar. 22, 2018: "Exposure to lead poses serious health risks"
• Baltimore Sun, Mar. 22, 2018: "Landlords with lead-tainted units could lose rights to evict under Maryland bill"
• Fox6Now Milwaukee, Mar. 22, 2018: "Group demands transparency regarding Milwaukee’s lead issues; ‘We are missing some documents’
• Federal Food and Drug Administration Press Release, Mar. 22, 2018: "Statement from FDA’s Donald St. Pierre on findings from ongoing investigation into lead testing issues"
• 58WDJT Milwaukee, Mar. 22, 2018: "Group wants more done to address lead issue"

• Detroit News, Mar. 20, 2018: "Detroit launches lead poisoning prevention program"

• The Straight Times/Singapore International: Mar. 13 2018: "Lead poisoning may hasten death for millions in US: Study"
• CNN: Mar. 12, 2018: "US deaths from lead exposure 10 times higher than thought, study suggests"
• Cleveland.com, Dec. 17, 2017: "Idea of social investment for lead clean up in Cleveland advances: 10,000 homes in 10 years is target"
• 91.3WYSO, Dec. 11, 2017: "Nonprofit Law Group Urges Lead-Testing Of School Drinking Water"
• University Alabama Huntsville, Dec. 12, 2017: "Two UAH researchers undertake cross-college lead poisoning study of rural Alabama town"
• The Post Journal, Dec. 4, 2017: "Grant To Help City With Lead Water Line Replacements"
• Human Rights Watch, Dec. 3, 2017: "Too Many Children Still Die from Pollution"
• The Guardian, Dec. 3, 2017: "Environmental injustice is rising in the US. Minorities and the poor pay the price"
• WZZM13 ABC News, Nov. 30, 2017: "HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LEAD TASK FORCE MEETINGS"
• AuburnPub.com, Nov. 28, 2017: "Cuomo: Auburn gets $698K to replace lead drinking water pipes"
• WBNG.com, Nov. 27, 2017: "Binghamton to replace lead service lines used for residents' drinking water"
• Black Star News, Nov. 24, 2017: "WHAT DID THE MAYOR KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT?"
• Daily News New York, Nov. 22, 2017: "NYCHA tenant and mom of boy with high blood-lead levels furious Mayor de Blasio concealed violations"
• WNYC News, Nov. 22, 2017: "City's Lead Poisoning Numbers Don't Tell the Whole Story"
• South Bend Tribune, Nov. 22, 2017: "Notre Dame gives South Bend high schoolers more than 1,000 lead test kits "
• WHYY News, Nov. 18, 2017: "Philly summit tackles childhood lead poisoning"
• Houston Chronicle, Nov. 9, 2017: "Troisi: Reauthorize CHIP before kids' health is put at risk"
• Wired Magazine, Jun. 23, 2017: "No One Has the Data to Prevent the Next Flint"
• Reuters, April 2017: "Hundreds more lead hotspots are identified as Trump prepares to gut programs"
• Chicago Tribune, Apr. 8, 2017: "Kids poisoned by lead in CHA housing; landlords still got paid"
• WisContext, Mar. 28, 2017: "No Acceptable Level: Milwaukee's Struggles With Lead Poisoning"
• Mother Jones, Mar. 15, 2017: "This Lead-Poisoned City Could Be Trump’s Flint"
• The Washington Post, Mar. 14, 2017: "East Chicago children have lead in their blood from contaminated dirt. Is this the next Flint?"
• Cleveland.com, Mar. 1, 2017: "Ohio cracks down on lead poisoning cases closed without family contact; local programs cry foul"
• The Columbus Dispatch, Jan. 30, 2017: "Ohio didn’t investigate most lead poisonings of kids, report says"
• Cleveland, Jan. 17, 2017: "Ohio lead poisoning cases go without investigation, follow up across the state"
• Chicago Tribune, Jan. 19, 2017: "Pence disaster relief denial leaves legislators scrambling to help East Chicago"
• RealtorMag, Dec. 8, 2016: "Lead Poisoning Linked to Seller-Financed Deals"
• Reuters, Dec. 19. 2016: "The thousands of U.S. locales where lead poisoning is worse than in Flint"
• WTTW PBS, Sep. 16, 2016: "East Chicago Lead Contamination Forces Nearly 1,200 from Homes"
• Vox, April 26, 2016: "The risk of lead poisoning isn’t just in Flint. So we mapped the risk in every neighborhood in America."
• Think Progress, Mar. 24, 2016: "We Know How To Stop The Epidemic Of Lead Poisoning. So Why Aren’t We?"
• WIVB.com Channel 4 News, Feb. 26, 2016: "Erie County among highest in state for lead poisoning"
• Time Magazine, Feb 24, 2016: "How Lead Poisoning Is Devastating Countries Around the World"
• Mother Jones, Feb. 13, 2016: "It’s Not Just Flint. There’s an Ugly History of Lead Poisoning and the Poor in the US."
• Detroit News, Jan. 27, 2016: "Kids' lead levels high in many Michigan cities"
• issuu.com, Oct. 25, 2015: "Toxic Neglect: The Weight of Lead"
• Chicago Tribune, Jun. 6, 2015: "Studies link childhood lead exposure, violent crime"
• Wall Street Journal, Jun. 4, 2015: "A Surprising Source of Lead Poisoning: India’s Idols"
• Wall Street Journal, Jun. 3, 2015: "New Delhi Bans Sale of Nestlé’s Maggi Noodles"
• Investigative Post, Nov. 11, 2014: "Buffalo is ‘ground zero’ for lead poisoning"
• The Times of India, Jun. 14, 2013: "Lead poisoning affects 20% Kolkata kids"
• The Hindu Business Line, Mar. 25, 2002: "Bangalore leads in lead poisoning"