Action Plan: Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning in Delaware County by 2027 (2022)
- Delaware County has the fifth highest number of children poisoned by lead of all PA counties, with an average of 250 children harmed each year. Lead was finally banned in residential paint in 1978, yet 81% of Delaware County houses and apartments were built before then. Children First and the Delaware County Lead Poisoning Prevention Coalition developed this five-year Action Plan with the Delaware County Health Department input to harness the new capacity of the Department to prevent and manage childhood lead poisoning, and to establish a pathway for all county stakeholders to work together.
- To ensure appropriate resources are directed to reduce the incidence of childhood lead exposure and poisoning, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania annually publishes a Childhood Lead Surveillance report. The reports for 2016 and 2017 were released in December 2018. These reports provide useful raw data that show that nearly 10,000 children are still testing positive for lead poisoning annually. However, the reports don’t tell us enough to fully inform decisions that can result in significantly more resources being deployed effectively to save children from the lifelong consequences of lead poisoning. This report from Children First does that.
- 在很短的时间内,费城最高法院对增加该市铅安全资产的数量产生了巨大影响,因此,也减少了中毒儿童的数量。本报告描述了法院取得的一些成果和挑战,伴随着法院的进展,特别是持续缺乏足够的资金来确保对所有财产进行补救。
- 费城政府重新集中精力,并重新组织了针对主要铅中毒预防计划和活动的努力,以防止儿童从一开始就遭受铅中毒。本报告重点介绍了成功的铅安全婴儿计划的扩展和成果,该计划针对孕妇和有新生儿的家庭测试其铅中毒特性并在婴儿暴露前将其清除。
- 本报告记录了自PCCY于2002年发布我们的第一份报告以来该市取得的进展,包括PCCY和其他倡导者进行的“推动变革的运动”,以推动成立减铅罢工小组和牵头法院,以帮助增加联邦资金进入费城,并大大扩展了诸如铅安全婴儿等初级预防计划。
- 费城儿童铅中毒报告