Press Conference in recognition of Ohio Lead Awareness Week
Submitted by Norm Roulet on July 14, 2008 - 10:50am.
2008/07/21 - 11:00am
2008/07/21 - 12:00pm
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The Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council (GCLAC) will be holding a Press Conference in recognition of Ohio Lead Awareness Week, which will take place the week of July 20th – 26th, 2008. Scheduled speakers will address the significant progress made in reducing the number of children affected by lead paint hazards, as well as the importance of continued vigilance and prevention in light of new evidence linking childhood lead exposure to crime, low school-performance, as well as numerous lifelong health problems. Scheduled speakers, representing a City, County, and State unified effort to eliminate the dangers of childhood lead poisoning are:
Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones, Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners
Mayor Frank Jackson, City of Cleveland
Mayor Eric Brewer, City of East Cleveland
State Representative Mike Foley, District 14
Stuart Greenburg, Executive Director, Environmental Health Watch
Nakiaa Robinson, Program Manager, Office of Early Childhood, Invest in Children
The Press Conference is scheduled for: 11:00am on Monday, July 21st, 2008
The Justice Center (North face of building) 1200 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44113
For more information on the Press Conference and/or the effort to eliminate childhood lead poisoning, contact
