City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0226R

• File #: 06-0226R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of Baltimore City's Celebration of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week - October 22-28, 2006
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/30/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 10/30/2006
• Title: In Support of Baltimore City's Celebration of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week - October 22-28, 2006 FOR the purpose of embracing the dramatic decline in the number of lead-poisoned children in Maryland and commending the efforts of many community-based and governmental organizations working to reduce the incidence of childhood lead poisoning while candidly recognizing that in Baltimore City, where the number of children that test positive for elevated levels of lead is 3 times the state average, the fight to eradicate lead poisoning is far from over and, in partnership with local leaders, elected officials, health professionals, and parents, recommitting Baltimore City to achieving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention goal for the eradication of lead poisoning by 2010.
• Sponsors: President Dixon, Robert Curran, President Young, Paula Johnson Branch, James B. Kraft, Rochelle Spector, Keiffer Mitchell, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Kenneth Harris, Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Belinda Conaway
• Indexes: Lead Poisoning, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/30/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
10/30/2006	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Dixon

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of Baltimore City's Celebration of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week - October 22-28, 2006

FOR the purpose of embracing the dramatic decline in the number of lead-poisoned children in Maryland and commending the efforts of many community-based and governmental organizations working to reduce the incidence of childhood lead poisoning while candidly recognizing that in Baltimore City, where the number of children that test positive for elevated levels of lead is 3 times the state average, the fight to eradicate lead poisoning is far from over and, in partnership with local leaders, elected officials, health professionals, and parents, recommitting Baltimore City to achieving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention goal for the eradication of lead poisoning by 2010.
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The Environmental Protection Agency observes National Lead Poisoning Week to highlight the importance of educating parents and children about the dangers of lead exposure, especially lead-paint hazards in housing, that can lead to irreversible brain damage, neurological impairment, and a lifetime of unrealized potential for the victim. In Maryland, public education about the hazards of lead paint has contributed to a dramatic decline in the number of lead-poisoned children - the usual and dismaying number of 14,000 children a year t...