Spring 2021 Living Safely with Lead Web Series – Apr 20

hillarya — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:40:28 +0000

Lead is in every neighborhood and exposure can come from paint, dust, soil, drinking water pipes, renovation, and home repair. While childhood exposure to lead can cause developmental disorders, we should all be concerned as lead exposure bio-accumulates in your bones and can contribute to dementia, Parkinson’s disease and other mental illness later in life. Knowledge is the key to avoiding lead poisoning!

You are invited to participate in our Spring 2021 Living Safely with Lead Web Series.

Join us to get your questions answered from experts on the hazards of lead, hear the different safety measures that you can take to protect you and your family and learn what to do if you are a tenant or landlord. This five-part series is presented in one-hour lunch-time segments that start at 12:00PM on alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays between April 20th and May 5th. The line up includes:

Lead and Health April 20, 2021
Marilyn Howarth, MD, Director, Community Engagement for the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology

Lead in Soil and Dust April 22, 2021
Adrian Wood, MPH, Program Coordinator, Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology

Lead in Drinking Water, April 27, 2021
Saterria Kersey, Public Relations Specialist, Philadelphia Water Department

Tenants Rights and Philadelphia’s Lead Abatement Law, April 29, 2021
George Gould, Esq. and OsarugueOsa-Edoh, Esq, Community Legal Services

Lead in Renovation, Repair, and Paint, May 4, 2021
Jeff Colter & Hugo Prieto, EPA Certified Instructors, Energy Coordinating Agency

This program is a must for anyone who lives in a home built before 1950, is a parent, DIY home renovator, daycare provider, teacher, health care worker, constituent service provider, block captain and community or faith leader.

Clean Water Action’s Virtual Earth Day Design Contest – Apr 22

hillarya — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:07:20 +0000

Calling all parents and kids! Many of us are spending more time at home right now during the outbreak of COVID-19, and for those with kids and little ones out of school or daycare, you may be searching for creative ways to keep them active, educated and entertained. That’s why I’m excited to invite you to join Clean Water Action’s Earth Day Design Contest – a super fun quarantine activity you can do with your kids at home using simple supplies like pencil, paper and markers.

Visit our website for all of the details: https://www.cleanwater.org/design

This Virtual Day of Art will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22nd. Invite your kids to join in a worldwide movement focused on protecting our environment. If the COVID-19 crisis has taught me anything, it’s that the health of our water, environment and climate are more important now than ever. This project is a fun way to ask your kids how they are feeling. Some of the questions you can ask: What can we do to protect our water and stop climate change? How important is it to have a healthy, clean water future so we can have safe water to drink, swim and play in? How does water play a role in the health of our planet and climate? Then work with them to illustrate this through art.

You can pick any day to participate between now and Earth Day on April 22nd. Clean Water Action will be featuring the drawings and designs on our website and on social media during Earth Month. On April 30, we’ll pick a winner who’s artwork that will be featured on a T-Shirt design with proceeds from sales going to support Clean Water’s environmental programs.

Clean Water Action – PHENND

Spring 2021 Living Safely with Lead Web Series – Apr 20

Clean Water Action’s Virtual Earth Day Design Contest – Apr 22