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This initiative is funded by:
- Advertising Council of
  Rochester
- Catholic Campaign for Human
  Development
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- Finger Lakes Health Systems
  Agency
- Greater Rochester Health
  Foundation
- Monroe Plan for Medical Care
- Senator Joseph E. Robach
- Roberts Communications
- Marie C. & Joseph C. Wilson
  Foundation

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Attorney General Announces Settlement with Excellus for Wrongfully Denying Hundreds of Required Childhood Lead Screening Tests, 3/15/12

To Protect Children from Lead, Fix Pregnant Women's Homes, NPR, 3/2/12

Environment: the unseen enemies, City Newspaper, 2/15/12

Rochester's Lead Law: Evaluation of a Local Environmental Health Innovation, Environmental Health Perspectives, February 2012

Rochester Scientist Leads National Fight Against Lead, URMC, 1/13/12

Tougher Lead Levels Standards Recommended, 13WHAM-TV, 1/12/12

Monroe GOP's Bad Calls, (pdf) D&C, 1/8/12

New Recommendations for Lead Levels in Children, Living on Earth, NPR, 1/8/12

CDC May Lower Threshold for Lead Poisoning, New York Times, 1/6/12

Panel urges lower cutoff for child lead poisoning, The Seattle Times, 1/4/12

2011
Arrogant County Legislators put Children At Risk, (pdf), Webster Post, 12/29/11

Please restore funding for city lead inspections, (pdf) D&C, 12/10/11

Recycled Battery Lead Puts Mexican in Danger, NY Times, 12/8/11

Lead Based Paint Initiatives in Monroe County, a survey of 29 local municipalities (pdf)

Don't retreat on lead poisoning, Speaking Out, D&C, 11/13/11 (pdf)

Taxpayer dollars being used to pay for housing that will poison children, CPLP press release, 11/7/11 (pdf)

Monroe, Rochester Democrats denounce lead inspection funding cuts, D&C, 11/01/11 (pdf)

County may cut funding for lead inspections, D&C, 11/01/11 (pdf)

Toxicology: Draft Government report links low-level exposure to negative health effects, Chemical and Engineering News, 10/24/11

Lead Poisoning adds to troubles of urban youth, SUNY Brockport Stylus, 10/11/11

Getting the Lead Out, D&C Health Blog, 8/14/11

Rochester faces challenges in reducing lead poisoning, D&C, 8/12/11 (pdf)

To Nullify Lead, Add a Bunch of Fish Bones, NYTimes, 7/21/11

Lead is a threat to health, and much more, D&C, 7/12/11 (pdf)

Renew anti-lead poisoning efforts, D&C Editorial, 7/1/11 (pdf)

Rise in lead-poisoned children promts calls for more screenings, D&C, 6/29/11 (pdf)

Monroe County Fighting First Increase in Number of Children Poisoned by Lead in a Decade, 6/29/11 (pdf)

Lead Poisoning: China's Hidden Scourge, NYTimes, 6/15/11

Medical Research: The lead-osteoporosis link, City Newspaper, 3/6/11

Free lead screening Monday for children, pregnant women, D&C, 3/18/11

Osteotoxicology: An advocate for the study of the environment’s role in bone diseases, Edward Puzas chases his primary and persistent culprit, lead, Rochester Medicine, Winter 2011

Flushing out lead, metals with chelation therapy, NPR news, 1/3/11

2010

Importance of Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, (pdf) NYS Department of Health Community Health Partnership, 11/10

Study shows brass devises in plumbing systems can create serious lead-in-water problems, Virgina Tech News, 11/17/10

Leann Howell raising awareness of lead poisoning and lead-contaminated products around the home, nj.com, 10/13/10

Six Local Philanthropists and Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning Honored at Annual Lunch, The Community Foundation, October 2010

Coalition gets the lead out, The Daily Record, 9/22/10

Commmunity Foundation gives awards to six area residents, lead-free coalition, Democrat and Chronicle, 9/23/10

Rochester-area anti-lead fighters honored, Democrat and Chronicle, 7/21/10

EPA honors Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning, WHEC Channel 10, 7/21/10

EPA Recognizes Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning for Outstanding Community Leadership, EPA, 7/21/10

Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning Recieves EPA Award, URMC Today, 7/20/10

Home Work, Rochester Review, July-August 2010

Louise Bennett: Reaching out to Rochester's refugees, Messenger Post Newspapers, 6/14/10

Lead poisoning cases continue decline, Democrat and Chronicle, 6/16/10

Lead Poisoning Shows Dramatic Drop, WXXI, 6/15/10

Data Shows Local Lead Poisoning Cases Declining, YNN News, 6/15/10

High Lead Levels Hurt Learning for DPS kids, Detroit Free Press, 5/16/10

Lead Poisoning Is in Decline, but Proves a Stubborn Nemesis, New York Times, 4/21/10

Niagara County using grants to mount campaign against lead paint, The Buffalo News, 3/28/10

EPA lead law goes into effect April 22, Angies List, 3/25/10

New Federal Lead Law Quickly Approaching, YNN News, 3/21/10

El Plomo Haciendo Historia: La Coalicion para prevenir la contaminacion del plomo, La Voz, March 2010

Lead abatement efforts gets $5.2 million shot in arm, Democrat and Chronicle, 3/7/10

Court rules city law does not violate Constitution, (pdf) Democrat and Chronicle, 2/5/10

Lead Found in Women's Handbags, ABC News, 1/22/10

Lead Paint Rules Require Contractor Certification, (pdf) Associated Press, 1/22/10

100 DAYS AND COUNTING...the EPA's new RRP rule goes into effect on April 22, 2010 (pdf)