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A Renewed commitment to prevent childhood lead exposure in the post-Flint era
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February 12, 2019
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Corporate Authors:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S,). Office of the Associate Director for Science. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S,). Office of the Associate Director for Communication. ; National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Environmental Health Tracking Branch. ; National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch. ; National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.) ; ... More +
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Description:Presented on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.
Over the past 40 years, exposure to lead has declined in the United States. However, millions are still being exposed in their homes and environment. Lead exposure can seriously harm a child’s health and there is no known safe blood lead level in children. Yet more than 500,000 children in the United States have elevated blood lead levels.
Lead exposure often occurs with no obvious symptoms, and frequently goes unrecognized. Thousands of cities across the nation have significant potential lead hazards. The Flint, MI water crisis which began in 2014 highlighted the problem of lead exposure as a public health, environmental, and economic development issue.
Join us to hear how we can prevent childhood lead exposure by focusing on lead elimination and building federal and private-public partnerships.
Presented by Adrienne Ettinger, ScD, MPH, MS, Chief, Lead Poisoning Prevention and Environmental Health Tracking Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC ["Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning"], Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, Director, Pediatric Public Health Initiative, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Human Development, C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health, Division of Public Health, Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital ["Lilly & Flint"]; Patrick Breysse, PhD, Director, National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, CDC ["Opportunities for Lead Elimination"].
Facilitated by: John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds; Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds; Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Director, Public Health Grand Rounds.
Includes video interview between Phoebe Thorpe and Mona Hanna-Attisha: A Renewed Commitment to Prevent Childhood Lead Exposure in the post-Flint Era.
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Content Notes:Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention [PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation by Adrienne S. Ettinger, p. 4-16] –- Flint and Lilly [PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation by Mona Hanna-Attisha p. 17-34] –- Opportunities for Lead Elimination [PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation by Patrick N. Breysse, p. 35-41].
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