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Connecticut plans to spend $20 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds on a limited-time state program to help homeowners remove lead paint hazards from older houses.
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Mayor Justin Elicker said more than 80% of New Haven’s homes were built before the 1980s — meaning they likely contain lead.
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The Connecticut Department of Transportation inspected more than 2,100 bridges and found lead paint cracking and falling off hundreds of them.
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The counties in Connecticut were identified as areas with a higher risk of lead paint exposure due to older housing stock, high rates of renter occupied housing and many households with incomes below the poverty level.
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Five cities — New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Hartford and Meriden — made up about half of all cases.
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Lead poisoning is preventable. And yet, in cities like New Haven, children continue to test positive for lead in their blood.
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The Biden Administration says it wants to replace all of America's lead pipes in the next decade.
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A class-action settlement agreement that aims to protect New Haven children from lead poisoning has officially gone into effect.A state superior court…
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A new report from the Natural Resource Defense Council suggests up to 360,000 lead pipes carry water to homes in New York.The council said the lead…
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Parents and pediatricians of lead poisoned children will be publicly notified of lead levels by New Haven’s Health Department under a new order from a…