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Dr. Carla Campbell, a Year 1 PHLR grantee and an associate teaching professor in the School of Public Health at Drexel University, was quoted in a WHYY-FM/Newsworks.org story on September 23, about her research into the effectiveness of the specialized court in Philadelphia for managing lead-paint removal. Read the article here.
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PHLR Grantee Lead Court Project Information
State and federal laws removing paint from gasoline and from the paint used in homes were put in place decades ago. Overall, they have been very effective in reducing the number children who are poisoned by lead. But there are still numerous “hot spots” where children (particularly low-income, minority children living in older neighborhoods) continue to be poisoned by lead at alarming levels. Those children simply have not been reached by the protections of the state and federal laws. In order to find out whether local laws can be an effective tool to reach these children we will take a close look at a local housing inspection law put into place in Rochester, New York in 2006, and will look as well at laws in several other cities, to see if and how local legislation can be used as a tool to more effectively to fill the gap. The results of the study will be available to lawmakers, community advocates, policy analysts and scholars interested in evaluating or enacting local laws in their own communities.
Grant Number: 68390
Funding Date: Mon, 11/15/2010
Researching Institution: University of Rochester Medical Center
Researcher: Katrina Korfmacher, M.S., Ph.D.; Michael Hanley, J.D.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). The revisions will help reduce the public health problems caused by unsafe or toxic levels of lead in drinking water. This study will help identify gaps in existing policies on water sampling to measure lead levels, replacement of water lines that contain lead, and public education aimed at reducing exposure to lead. The responsibility for avoiding harmful exposures to lead in drinking water is shared between water utilities, consumers, regulatory agencies and manufacturers. Findings from this study may help the EPA in revising the LCR. The findings may also help policy makers shape future laws and regulations, especially when multiple groups share responsibility for preventing toxic exposures to lead.
Funding Date: Mon, 11/15/2010
Researching Institution: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Researcher: Marc Edwards, Ph.D.; Stephanie Pollack, J.D.
This project will evaluate the effectiveness of the establishment of the Lead Court in November 2002 in the City of Philadelphia under the Lead Abatement Strike Team Program of the Philadelphia of Public Health to determine if this type of innovative legal strategy was effective in enforcing the existing city health code, which would lead to improvement of children's health (by reducing exposure to lead in individual housing units) and improvement of the environment (by decreasing the number of properties with lead hazards). Quantitative analysis will look at data regarding the number of properties and details of their enforcement and Lead Court appearance history (such as documentation of non-compliance and time to compliance) and blood lead level history and trends of resident children, and their correlation with time to compliance. There will be comparisons of data from the pre-Court (1998-2002) and Court (2003-2008) time period. Deliverables for this project include journal articles, a final report, and oral and poster presentations to local, state and national legal, public health, environmental health, pediatric, and lead poisoning prevention conferences.
Grant Number: 67144
Funding Date: Tue, 12/01/2009
Researching Institution: Drexel University School of Public Health
Researcher: Carla Campbell, M.D., M.S., Curtis Cummings, M.D., M.P.H.
This project will develop and implement a streamlined alternatives assessment tool appropriate for use in a regulatory context. The alternatives assessment compares alternatives to lead and to one another across a variety of attributes, Research questions include: What existing uses of lead in the United States and the nature of their associated human exposures? Second, for selected uses of lead, are safer alternatives available or emerging? Third, for those alternatives, what are the barriers to diffusion, if any, and how can public health law be used to overcome those barriers. Deliverables for this project include: 1) Phase I Project Report and a shorter “policy brief” publication relating to lead use and exposure 2) Final Project Report and policy brief 3) Peer-reviewed formal papers for peer-reviewed academic journals and law reviews 4) A project white paper for federal and state policy makers, trade associations, and nongovernmental organizations focusing on the policy recommendations 5) Fact sheets for businesses, distributors, workers, trade associations and unions, and the general public summarizing the uses, exposures and hazards for relevant processes or products.
Grant Number: 67147
Funding Date: Tue, 12/01/2009
Researching Institution: UCLA School of Law, UCLA School of Public Health
Researcher: Timothy F. Malloy, J.D.; Peter J. Sinsheimer,Ph.D., M.P.H.
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