Federal Lead Program Slashed
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When President Obama signed the budget bill in December, he left a critically important children's health program in the lurch! The final bill slashed the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) healthy homes and lead poisoning prevention program by 94%, providing only $2.5 million for this nationwide effort. Click here to sign our petition telling President Obama that lead poisoned kids still need help!

In Praise of Peter Lord

We are deeply saddened by the untimely death of Peter Lord, who covered the issue of childhood lead poisoning with great knowledge and conviction. Peter’s beat was the environment and largely thanks to him, the often neglected environmental health threat of childhood lead poisoning became visible in Rhode Island. Please read our full tribute here.