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For Immediate Release Wednesday, October 23, 2024 MONROE COUNTY ANNOUNCES 2023 LEAD POISONING DATA, HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF TESTING DURING NATIONAL LEAD PREVENTION WEEK ROCHESTER, NY — County Executive Adam Bello and the Monroe County Department of Public Health today announced that 12,788 children were tested for lead poisoning in 2023, up from 12,108 in 2022. […]

April 24, 2024 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:Clare Henrie: (585) 224-3125director@theleadcoalition.org THE COALITION TO PREVENT LEAD POISONING CREATES NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR ROLE TO INCREASE ITS CAPACITY AND IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY ROCHESTER, N.Y. – After several years as an all-volunteer run organization, the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning (CPLP) is happy to announce that with new […]

November 8th, 2021 DESPITE COVID-19 MONROE COUNTY EXCELS AT KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE FROM LEAD POISONING ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Earlier this year, healthcare providers nationwide were deeply concerned about a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showing that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 34% fewer children across the country had been tested for exposure to lead […]

with Cornell Director of WNY Labor & Environmental Programs and EPA Certified Contractor Art Wheaton WATCH NOW

with City of Rochester Code Enforcement Manager Len Merritt WATCH NOW   Time Stamps: 00:06:21 — Why lead poisoning prevention is important. 00:08:49 — What is the City of Rochester lead ordinance? 00:13:52 — Certificate of Occupancy timelines. 00:17:40 — What happens if inspectors find a lead hazard? 00:24:05 — What does a typical lead […]

with Family Nurse Practitioner and CPLP Chair Mel Callan WATCH NOW Time Stamps:  00:00:30 – Introductions 00:02:42 – What is lead and how does it affect a child’s health? 00:06:20 – How lead damages brain development 00:09:40 – What is lead dust?00:10:11 – Why it’s NY state law to get your child lead tested at […]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 19th, 2020 COMMUNITY FACES NEW OBSTACLES TO PREVENT LEAD POISONING DUE TO COVID-19; EDUCATION IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THIS NATIONAL LEAD POISONING PREVENTION WEEK ROCHESTER, N.Y. – This week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (October 25th – 31st) and local experts are increasingly alarmed at the unprecedented obstacles Monroe County […]

Lead Based Paint Initiatives in Monroe County, NY Report on survey of 29 local municipalities November 2011 Click Here to View the Entire Report Here In February 2011, the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning’s Housing Committee sent a SURVEY OF LEAD BASED PAINT INITIATIVES IN MONROE COUNTY (see pg. 7) to twenty-nine local municipalities (outside […]

Local trailblazer Dr. Ruth Lawrence, pioneer of numerous child and maternal health fields, reflects on her career as she passes the torch.  “I lived out in the country…and so, my father had a shooting range,” said longtime newborn health expert Dr. Ruth Lawrence. “He made his own bullets, and I can remember sitting there, playing […]