National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2022

Events and Resources 

Many excellent events are scheduled for this year’s National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (October 23-29, 2022), and NCHH is working diligently to compile them all in one place for your convenience. The events are below are organized chronologically within three categories: Twitter events, virtual summits, and webinars. NCHH will expand this listing regularly as new events are announced, so visit this page often.

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Twitter Events

October 26 (Wednesday)

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. PT):
#NLPPWchat
Presented by the National Center for Healthy Housing.

  • Description: NCHH will host its sixth annual National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week-themed Twitter chat to increase awareness about the sources of lead exposure; exchange ideas; share helpful initiatives, policies, and resources; and inspire action on lead poisoning prevention and response. To participate, follow along on October 26 when @NCHH posts questions starting at 3:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. PT). Share your thoughts and ideas on policies, data, practices, and resources for lead poisoning prevention. Be sure to use #NLPPWchat in your tweets, so the chat participants can easily follow you and others during this event.
  • Registration: Let us know you’ll be joining us by registering for the 2022 #NLPPWchat here! Note that early registrants will receive advance access to the chat questions. The chat questions will soon be available for all participants to download. Note that you may have to right click and “save link as” a document on your computer.

Conference

October 18-20 (Tuesday-Thursday)

9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET (Tuesday);
9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET (Wednesday);
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET (Thursday):
2022 National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference 
Presented by the Lead and Environmental Hazards Association.

Note: This event takes place the week before National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. 

  • Location: The conference will be held at the Marriott Baltimore Inner Harbor at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Description: Time to network again! Time to mingle again! In addition to offering an excellent learning experience, the 2022 National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference will provide attendees with multiple opportunities to meet with colleagues from across the country to discuss program ideas, ways to deal with problem areas, how to meet program goals and to share what works best and what doesn’t. A full itinerary is available here. 
  • Presenters: Various presenters to be announced.
  • Registration: Register for the 2022 National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference here. 

Film Screening

October 26 (Wednesday)

7:00 p.m. ET: 
Hiding in the Walls 
Presented by Lead Safe Allegheny.

  • Description: Join us to watch the documentary, Hiding in the Walls. Hiding in the Walls offers an inside look into Baltimore’s lead poisoning crisis. It unwinds the fraught history of lead in low-income housing, explains how lead poisoning became an acceptable norm in urban America, and follows the adult survivors who are on a mission to reclaim the narrative.
  • Registration: Register for the Hiding in the Walls screening here. 

Virtual Summit

October 27 (Thursday)

8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. ET (5:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. PT) :
Life Without Lead: Envisioning a Lead Safe Community for All 
Presented by Lead Safe Allegheny.

  • Description: Together, we can create a lead-safe Allegheny and beyond. For all. Together, community leaders, policymakers, advocates, scientists, and families from across the region (southwestern Pennsylvania), state, and nation will connect to recognize National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and the progress and action required in the region. The summit will feature speakers and panelists across sectors, and participants are invited to join as many events as they can. Angel Wilson, Hiding in the Walls documentarian, provides the keynote address. Daytime panels and presentations include “Interview: Little Miss Flint,” Urban Soils in a Historically Industrial City,” “Funding for a Lead-Free Future,” “An Update to Blood Lead Reference Values,” “From Local to Federal, the Current State of Lead Policies,” and “Landlords and Lead.” An award ceremony follows. There is also an evening presentation, “Lead 101: What Every Family Needs to Know About Lead in the Home.”  A full itinerary is available here. 
  • Presenters: Angel Wilson, documentarian; Mari Copeny, youth activist; Jonathan Burgess, Programs and Policy Director, Allegheny County Conservation District; Daniel Bain, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Geology and Environmental Science at University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Ammon, Director, HUD Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes; Ruth Ann Norton, President and CEO, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative; Rep. Sara Innamorato, Pennsylvania State House, District 21; Wyonette Cheairs, Program Officer, Enterprise Community Partners, Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition; Dr. Paul Allwood, Chief, CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance Branch; Amanda Reddy, Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Housing; Julian Gonzalez, Senior Legislative Counsel, Earthjustice; Colleen McCauley, RN, BSN, MPH, Health Policy Director, Children First; Erika Strassburger, Pittsburgh City Council, District 8; Luke Lewis, Landlord Liaison, Allegheny County Housing Authority; Mike Falce, Landlord Liaison, Allegheny County Housing Authority; Amanda Hower, Senior Operations Project Manager, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh; Sunshine Pryor, Director of Compliance, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh; Will Stewart, HCV Inspections Manager, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh; Brian Kelly, Environmental Health Administrator, Housing and Community Environment, Allegheny County Health Department; Hanna Beightley, Healthy Homes Program Manager, Women for a Healthy Environment; Dr. Jerome Gloster, CEO, Primary Care Health Services; and Karin Shafer, Clinical Director, Alliance for Infants and Toddlers.
  • Registration: Register for Life Without Lead: Envisioning a Lead Safe Community for All here. 

Webinars and Town Halls

Among the most popular events of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week are the webinars produced by our federal agencies—CDC, EPA, and HUD. Be sure to check out the full slate of federal webinars below, plus additional events from other participating organizations.

October 20 (Thursday)

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. PT):
Lead and Children’s Health
Presented by the California Nurses for Environmental Health and Justice.

  • Description: October is Children’s Environmental Health Month! This webinar will provide information and conversation about lead and overall health concerns in children​. Good for one continuing education credit.
  • Presenters: Sahar Nouredini, PhD, RN, CNS; Associate Professor, Community Health Nursing Team Lead, and Post-Licensure Nursing Program Coordinator, Cal State East Bay; others TBA.
  • Registration: Register for Lead and Children’s Health here.
October 24 (Monday)

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PT):
Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
Presented by the California Department of Public Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch.

  • Description: The Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative (“the Collaborative”) invites public health departments, water utilities, and affiliated organizations to join this session to learn about its resources, including new materials on enhancing equity in lead service line replacement programs as well as a “matchmaking survey” to connect local public health professionals and drinking water utilities. The Collaborative has a collection of resources to help communities across the country develop and implement replacement programs. The Collaborative is a joint effort of 28 national public health, water utility, environmental, labor, consumer, housing, and state and local governmental organizations to accelerate full removal of the lead pipes providing drinking water to millions of American homes​.
  • Presenters: Mason Hines; Amanda Reddy; Lynn Thorp; Roya Alkafaji; and Laura Fudala.
  • Registration: Register for Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative here.
October 25 (Tuesday)

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. ET (5:00 a.m. – 6:30 a.m. PT): 
Advancing Work on Lead: Lessons Learned from the Work on Lead in Gasoline, Lead in Paint and Used Lead-Acid Batteries.
Presented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health Organization (WHO) and the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm Conventions Secretariat (BRS Secretariat).

Note that this is an international event, which is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Central European Time (8:00 a.m. Eastern Time).

  • Description: On the occasion of the 10th International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) 2022, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health Organization (WHO) and the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm Conventions Secretariat (BRS Secretariat) are organizing a webinar with a focus on Advancing work on lead: lessons learned from the work on lead in gasoline, lead in paint and used lead-acid batteries. This webinar aims to provide a space to highlight successes made at the global level by (1) sharing best practices, experiences and lessons learned from work on addressing different
    sources of lead exposure; (2) gather views on key opportunities in addressing the problem of lead globally and explore synergies between the work of UNEP, WHO and the Basel Convention and other key partners; (3) build momentum for action to tackle lead as an overall pollutant. The full agenda is available here.
  • Presenters: Jane Akumu, United Nations Environment Programme; Lesley Onyon, World Health Organization; Francesca Cenni, Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm Conventions Secretariat.
  • Registration: Register for Advancing Work on Lead: Lessons Learned from the Work on Lead in Gasoline, Lead in Paint and Used Lead-Acid Batteries here.

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PT):
Understanding Lead 
Presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

  • Description: Understanding Lead is designed for anyone interested in learning more about lead and protecting children from lead exposure. By the end of the session, participants will recognize potential sources of lead exposure, understand its effects, know simple actions to reduce lead exposure, and understand the importance of testing children’s blood lead levels. We will end the webinar with time for questions from participants. To learn more and to download the curriculum, visit www.epa.gov/lead/tribal-lead-curriculum. In order to provide participants with the best experience possible, we have designed a short survey to help gather information about you and your community’s knowledge and awareness of lead: https://bit.ly/LeadAwareness. 
  • Presenters: Presenters not announced.
  • Registration: Register for Understanding Lead here.
October 26 (Wednesday)

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. PT):
Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule Awareness
Presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

  • Description: ​This presentation about EPA’s Renovation, Repair and Painting rule is for contractors and local building code and enforcement officials. This rule requires firms performing renovation, repair, and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in homes, childcare facilities, and preschools built before 1978 to be certified by EPA (or an EPA-authorized state or tribe), use certified renovators trained by EPA-approved training providers, and follow lead-safe work practices. Further information on the RRP rule can be found at EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Program webpage or by contacting the National Lead Information Center (NLIC) helpline.
  • Presenters: Presenters not announced.
  • Registration: Register for Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule Awareness here.

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. PT):
Lead Exposure and Management in Children
Presented by the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing at Villanova University and the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment.

  • Description: ​We often think of water as the source for lead exposure, but do you know all the other different ways lead can be contaminating our environment and harming our children? Learn how to spot other problematic sources of lead from a parent’s home, their workplace, and even where they shop and discover what health professionals can do to guide parents on the best way to mitigate harmful exposure to children.
  • Presenters: Stephanie Lee, MD, MPH; Pediatrician and Medical Director for Refugee Resettlement at the Penn State Health St. Joseph Downtown Pediatrics Clinic.
  • Registration: Register for Lead Exposure and Management in Children here.

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PT):
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch and Division of Drinking Water
Presented by the California Department of Public Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch.

  • Description: ​The California Department of Public Health, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch and California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water (DDW) invite members of the public to join this session to learn about the hazards of lead in water and the lead service line replacement project happening in some California communities. CLPPB will provide information on why lead is dangerous, how lead enters water, CLPPB’s role in lead hazard reduction, and resources available to protect your family. DDW will provide information about lead service line replacement and resources available to residents who are in areas identified as having lead service lines.
  • Presenters: Max Weintraub; Danielle Ramos; and Kurt Souza.
  • Registration: Register for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch and Division of Drinking Water here.

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET (11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. PT):
Lead Awareness Curriculum Train-the-Trainer
Presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

  • Description: EPA invites community leaders and others to join us for a two-hour train-the-trainer webinar to learn about the Lead Awareness in Indian Country: Keeping our Children Healthy! Curriculum (commonly referred to as the Lead Awareness Curriculum). By the end of the webinar, participants will know simple actions they can take to reduce lead exposure, be familiar with all materials included within the Lead Awareness Curriculum, understand how the curriculum is designed to be modified to fit an individual community’s needs, and be able to plan how to facilitate lead awareness sessions in their own communities. The curriculum was built with tribes but designed to be adaptable for all communities, including nontribal communities. It is designed to be taught by community leaders with experience educating and training members of their community. Prior knowledge of lead or lead exposure is not required to teach the curriculum. To learn more and to download the Lead Awareness Curriculum, visit epa.gov/lead/tribal-lead-curriculum. In order to provide participants with the best experience possible, we have designed a short survey to help gather information about you and your community’s knowledge and awareness of lead: https://bit.ly/LeadAwareness.
  • Presenters: Presenters not announced.
  • Registration: Register for Lead Awareness Curriculum Train-the-Trainer here.

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET (1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. PT):
CDC and HRSA Partner for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: Guidance for Clinicians
Presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

  • Description: Healthcare providers can play a key role in preventing lead poisoning by identifying children at risk for lead exposure, testing blood lead levels, and connecting families to any needed follow-up services. In partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), CDC subject matter experts will provide up-to-date information about preventing exposure to lead, testing, and medical management of children with lead poisoning. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about the epidemiology of lead exposure as a public health problem and CDC’s recommended actions for blood lead testing and follow-up care.
  • Presenters: Presenters not announced.
  • Registration: Register for CDC and HRSA Partner for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: Guidance for Clinicians here.
October 27 (Thursday)

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT):
All Children Can Be Exposed to Lead: CDC’s Efforts to Promote Awareness and Testing
Presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

  • Description: Lead exposure is not limited to certain groups of children. Children can be exposed to lead from various sources in their environments—some more common than others. In this webinar, CDC subject matter experts will discuss the many ways children can be exposed to lead and share tangible ways families can protect children from the harmful effects of lead exposure. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about CDC’s efforts and strategies to increase blood lead testing among children.
  • Presenters: TBA.
  • Registration: Register for All Children Can Be Exposed to Lead: CDC’s Efforts to Promote Awareness and Testing here.

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PT):
Department of Social Services and California State University, Sacramento, Office of Water Programs
Presented by the California Department of Public Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch.

  • Description: The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and Office of Water Programs (OWP) at California State University, Sacramento invite California licensed childcare facilities and childcare providers to join this session to learn about the California Day Care Facilities Act, which sets forth requirements for testing drinking water for lead. The session will provide information related to California Health and Safety Code requirements, best practices, and funding opportunities for childcare facilities to ensure they are adhering to state laws that help protect young children from lead in drinking water. The California Department of Social Services provides oversight and enforcement for licensed Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes through 19 regional offices located throughout California. The California State University, Sacramento, Office of Water Programs provides cost-effective solutions for protecting and enhancing water resources, public health, and the environment through training, scientific research, and public education.
  • Presenters: Brian Currier; Deena Chavez; and Christina Rico.
  • Registration: Register for Department of Social Services and California State University, Sacramento, Office of Water Programs here.