Agencies Fighting Lead Poisoning at a National Level & Local Level
Module 4 Blog Post:
Part 1:
The goal of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW), which is held annually, is to improve awareness of lead poisoning prevention and lower childhood lead exposure by bringing together individuals, organizations, business, and state, tribal, and municipal governments. The National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) emphasizes the various methods parents may lessen their kids' exposure to lead in the environment and stop its harmful health consequences (CDC, 2022). In order to raise awareness of lead poisoning, provide resources, and promote preventive actions during National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) and beyond, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and our partners collaborate (CDC, 2022).
Also, the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aims to end childhood lead poisoning as a public health issue by improving blood lead testing, reporting, and surveillance, connecting children who have been exposed to recommended services, and using targeted population-based interventions (CDC, 2022).
EPA Region 6 Main Office
1201 Elm Street, Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75270
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30329-4027
The Texas Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (TXCLPPP) keeps track of children under the age of 15 who have blood lead levels. According to Texas law, children 14 years of age and under must have their blood lead levels, both raised and non-elevated, reported. Lead should always be tested since lead poisoning frequently begins with mild symptoms. Symptoms of different illnesses and ailments are frequently mistaken for lead poisoning symptoms (DSHS, 2022).
Department of State Health Services
1111 W Ledbetter Dr #400, Dallas, TX 75224
1. Department of State Health Services, (DSHS, 2022). Cited from https://dshs.texas.gov/lead/child.shtm
2. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, 2022) Cited from https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/organization-epas-region-6-office-dallas
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC, 2022) Cited from https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/prevention/default.htm
Part 2
Discussion Prompt:
Do you think agencies working against lead poisoning can control naturally occurring lead presence in the environment?
Hello Anil
ReplyDeleteGreat and informative post. Many organization like CDC supports primary and secondary lead exposure prevention. These organization might control lead poising. However controlling Naturally occurring lead presence is considered hard. Since Lead, a naturally occurring metal, is abundantly found throughout the Earth. It has been used in a wide variety of products including gasoline, paint, plumbing pipes, ceramics, solders, batteries, and even cosmetics. Lead is hazardous to our health. Due to health concerns, in 1973, the federal government began to phase out lead in gasoline. In addition, 1.4 million U.S. citizens in Texas live with at least one family member who is undocumented. 1.6 million undocumented immigrants comprised 33 percent of the immigrant population. which refer to that there are a lot of kids who have no health care access and living in poor conditions. So we need to apply a lead screening at schools or at free events.
Hey Dina, Thank you for your beautiful words. Yes, I agree completely with you on providing free lead screenings at school or at any places. To ensure their health for the rest of their lives, youngsters must be protected from lead exposure. There is no established safe blood lead level for children. It has been demonstrated that even very low blood levels of lead can have an impact on academic performance, attention span, and learning.
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ReplyDeleteThe National Lead Posioning Prevention Week (NLPPW), I have heard it passing before but do not know much about them. I think they should talk more about such ogranziation to help raise more awareness towards lead exposure. I figured that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would also have a program to help with this. I do like the Texas Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (TXCLPPP). It helps with having a surveillance system in children of age 15 years and younger, which allows Texas to report blood test levels, leading to the Texas Children Lead Registry (Texas Department of State Health Services [DSHS], 2020). It also answers questions about what is childhood lead poison, if it can be prevented and if they are at risk. Ways they are more at risk include the age they are, the housing they live in, and if they are in poverty. Overall I do like your infographic, but I do wish the colors were better with the background. Some of them are hard to see but the white seems to work best. I do like that you added the picture of the National Lead Posioning Prevention Week to further make it important. I do think it can be hard to control those that are naturally occurring. That would have to be another organization to help focus on it. Unless they have a program with their organization strictly for it.
References:
Texas Department of State Health Services. (2020, August 11). Texas childhood lead poisoning prevention program (TXCLPPP). Texas Department of State Health Services. https://dshs.texas.gov/lead/child.shtm#:~:text=The%20Texas%20Childhood%20Lead%20Poisoning,children%2014%20years%20or%20younger.
Hello Linda! I appreciate for you time reviewing my blog post. Yes, National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week has a lot to do with the prevention programs that are happening now. The goal of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW), which is held annually, is to improve awareness of lead poisoning prevention and lower childhood lead exposure by bringing together individuals, organizations, business, and state, tribal, and municipal governments. The National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) emphasizes the various methods parents may lessen their kids' exposure to lead in the environment and stop its harmful health consequences.
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