Decades of Failure
Today in Ohio reviews the Cleveland Lead Paint problem. Start listening at 10:55.
CDC denies Milwaukee’s request for help with unsafe lead levels in public schools
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has denied a request from Milwaukee’s public health department for assistance in managing unsafe lead levels in the city’s public schools, citing the loss of its lead experts in mass firings last week across federal health agencies. “I sincerely regret to inform you that due to the […]
Cleveland’s must address inadequate steps to end lead poisoning in children: editorial
Published: May. 07, 2025, 6:00 a.m. Cleveland’s children have been plagued for decades by exposure to lead, an environmental hazard that causes irreversible harm. But Cleveland is in danger of forfeiting $11.9 million in federal funding for lead abatement because City Hall again failed to spend the money fast enough.The Plain Dealer By Editorial Board, cleveland.com and […]
‘Buried in hundreds of years of lead paint.’ Cleveland takes stock of clean-up effort
WEWS report More than 1,300 children in Cleveland tested positive for high levels of lead in their blood last year. By: Michelle Jarboe Posted 8:44 PM, Apr 21, 2025 and last updated 11:23 AM, Apr 22, 2025 CLEVELAND — More than 1,300 children in Cleveland tested positive for elevated levels of lead in their blood last year. […]
Cleveland enlists workers across City Hall to tackle backlog of lead-safe applications
Sean McDonnell, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland has cleared a backlog of 1,200 lead-safe applications ahead of schedule after enlisting volunteers from across City Hall to tackle the logjam. The cleared backlog lets the city refocus on the bigger issue: trying to make real progress on preventing childhood lead poisoning. The bureaucratic bottleneck was originally expected to […]
A state investment to help Cleveland rid dwellings of lead paint poisoning will save many, many young lives: editorial
Nearly one-in-five Cleveland children continue to have elevated levels of lead in their blood.City of Cleveland By Editorial Board, cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer Good intentions can produce unintended and undesirable consequences. That evidently is what’s happened to Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s commendably toughened lead-paint-safety requirements that instead have seemingly added to already unacceptable delays […]
Marquette University Raynor Library to host ‘This Lead is Killing Us’ exhibit, starting March 10
Marquette University Raynor Library to host ‘This Lead is Killing Us’ exhibit, starting March 10 March 7, 2025 MILWAUKEE — Marquette University will host “This Lead is Killing Us: A History of Citizens Fighting Lead Poisoning in their Communities,” which explores how citizens, scientists and medical professionals have confronted industry to protect their health against […]
As Trump threatens cuts, Bloomberg steps in to fund new Cleveland City Hall staff
Cleveland City Hall. Interior of grand hall. January 23, 2023. Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com Sean McDonnell, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — As the Trump administration threatens to strip cities of federal funding, Cleveland is set to receive a boost from Bloomberg Philanthropies, which is stepping in with a $1.5 million donation to fund three new employees at City […]
Local News Chicago Housing Authority ordered to pay more than $24 million in damages for two children’s lead poisoning
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Housing Authority has been ordered to pay more than $24 million in damages to the family of two children who allegedly suffered poisoning from lead paint in their apartment in Rogers Park. Shanna Jordan sued the CHA on behalf of her son Jah’mir Collins, now 10; and Jordan’s daughter, Morgan Collins, […]