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Education

Lead poisoning affecting literacy rates in Indianapolis

JADE JACKSON - January 10, 2024

Indianapolis NAACP conducted lead testing in city schools and found shocking results. (Photo/provided by Gary Holland)

Health

Local organizations partner to raise awareness during National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

NORAL PARHAM - October 30, 2023

Lead poisoning is a public health issue that has affected people tremendously since the Industrial Revolution. Many people, specifically children, face lead-filled dangers daily....

Health

EPA proposes tighter lead paint standards for child-care facilities, homes

JAYDEN KENNETT - July 31, 2023

In an effort to protect children and communities from the harmful effects of exposure to dust generated from lead paint, the EPA proposed strengthening...

Health

Pandemic poses threat to lead poisoning programs for kids

FARAH YOUSRY - July 7, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of health departments’ resources for months, it limited efforts to protect young children from exposure to lead at...

Frontpage Headline

The environment and you: ‘Seeing the Earth turning against us’

TYLER FENWICK - July 1, 2021

What if Karla Johnson hadn’t gotten that job with the county health department in 1998? She probably wouldn’t have become an environmental health advocate,...

Community Voices

The Environmental Challenges Posed by Lead Pollution

- March 10, 2022

A challenge that households and communities face is that lead pollution is often invisible, coming into homes through old and worn-out water pipes or...

Health

NAACP addresses lead poisoning

BREANNA COOPER - March 12, 2020

Lead poisoning is most likely to affect African American children, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information. It is for this reason the...

Health