Kids' Lead Poisoning Called "Civil Rights issue" | New Haven Independent
Kids’ Lead Poisoning Called “Civil Rights issue”
BY Michelle Turner | MAR 23, 2010 12:09 PM
Some 16,600 kids in Connecticut are documented as having lead poisoning. Those are kids under the age of 6, based on a blood lead screening rate of only 25 percent. And there’s no educational guidelines from the state or federal government to assist them.
So Vivian Cross, executive director of the Foundation for Educational Advancement, told an attentive crowd of 100 at the 15th Annual African-American Women’s Summit , held at Dixwell’s Wexler-Grant School. “This is a civil rights issue for our kids.”
related event links:http://tomficklin.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post_8544.html
http://tomficklin.blogspot.com/2010/03/african-american-womens-summit.html
Kids’ Lead Poisoning Called “Civil Rights issue”
BY Michelle Turner | MAR 23, 2010 12:09 PM
Some 16,600 kids in Connecticut are documented as having lead poisoning. Those are kids under the age of 6, based on a blood lead screening rate of only 25 percent. And there’s no educational guidelines from the state or federal government to assist them.
So Vivian Cross, executive director of the Foundation for Educational Advancement, told an attentive crowd of 100 at the 15th Annual African-American Women’s Summit , held at Dixwell’s Wexler-Grant School. “This is a civil rights issue for our kids.”
related event links:http://tomficklin.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post_8544.html
http://tomficklin.blogspot.com/2010/03/african-american-womens-summit.html
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