- A 17-year-old Milwaukee boy, poisoned by lead as a baby, faces off against the nation's leading makers of lead-based house paint. The lawsuit is hoping to prove that for half a century these companies knew their product made people sick. View the full article published by USA TODAY.
- Home lead test kits unreliable - Consumer Protection Safety Commission (CPSC) staff study.
- Lead exposure and violent crime.
- The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a $1.9 million grant to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to help make 120 older homes lead hazard-safe. View article.
- TOXIC Legacy: Despite a lead-based residential paint ban since 1978, serious risks to our children still remain. For many young children living in older homes, peeling and chipping paint on their walls continue to pose a threat. This USA TODAY article describes the sources of lead paint hazards and ways to prevent childhood lead poisoning, with an emphasis on replacing old wooden painted window frames, before a child is poisoned. Includes a video presentation on lead poison hazards and medical treatment.
- Wisconsin's Local Public Health Departments can assist you in identifying places to obtain an in-home environmental lead hazard test and a blood lead test for your child. Public Health Departments also provide follow-up services to lead poisoned children and their families. Use this link to find your community's Public Health Department.
- The Lead-Safe Wisconsin Web site provides updated statistical information on progress made in reducing childhood lead poisoning statewide and by county from 2001-06.
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Alliance for Healthy Homes
Centers for Disease Control
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
City of Racine CLEAR out Lead Plan
Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lead-Safe Wisconsin
Milwaukee Lead Elimination Plan - Sept. 2005
National Center for Healthy Housing
Wisconsin County Health Rankings for 2006: How healthy is your county?
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