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$1.1 Million HUD OHHLHC Award Approved!
We have been awarded a 2024 $1 Million HUD Lead Hazard Capacity Building grant, in our efforts to continue to protect children under six from lead poisoning.
What is Lead Paint?
Lead is a poisonous metal that may cause health problems, especially in young children. When lead gets into the body, it can cause damage to the brain, the kidneys, nerves, and blood. Lead may also cause behavioral problems, learning disabilities, seizures and in extreme cases, death. Some symptoms of lead poisoning may include headaches, stomachaches, nausea, tiredness, and irritability. Many children who are lead poisoned show no symptoms. Lead poisoning is 100% preventable!
Poisonous
Children may be lead poisoned by:
- Putting their hands and other lead contaminated items in their mouths, such as toys,
- Crawling around on floors that may have lead-paint dust,
- Touching lead-paint dust from sanding old paint or renovations of old homes,
- Playing outside in lead contaminated soil, and
- Folk remedies
Dangers
Lead can be dangerous when:
- There is a chipping and peeling paint inside or outside the home,
- Lead painted surfaces rub against each other, such as windows and doors opening and closing,
- Children play in soil and dirt outside a home that is lead painted,
- Contaminated soil is tracked in to the home on shoes or pets,
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