Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, cbloom@nchh.org We’ve added a badge of support to the official National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week poster. COLUMBIA, MD (October 1, 2021) — The National Center for Healthy Housing is pleased to support National… More
October 25th, 2019
Building Bridges, Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Success Against Lead in Rochester
Building Bridges, Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Success Against Lead in Rochester by Katrina Smith Korfmacher, University of Rochester Medical Center In a 2004 newspaper editorial, Rochester’s Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning leaders claimed, “We will find lead hazards before they… More
October 21st, 2019
Tactical Thinking: Housing Codes and Lead Poisoning Prevention
Tactical Thinking: Housing Codes and Lead Poisoning Prevention by Sarah Goodwin and David Jacobs When it comes to local efforts to prevent childhood lead poisoning, there seems to be one word on everyone’s mind these days: codes.… More
July 20th, 2019
Shoot for the Moon
Shoot for the Moon by Christopher Bloom There’s a rocket standing in for the Washington Monument this week. It’s a projection of the Saturn V rocket that carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins from the… More
July 9th, 2019
New Partnership Established to Help Communities Implement Context-Specific Legal Strategies to Address Lead Poisoning
New Partnership Established to Help Communities Implement Context-Specific Legal Strategies to Address Lead Poisoning Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, cbloom@nchh.org, 443.539.4154 COLUMBIA, MD (July 9, 2019) — In an ongoing effort to effect change at a systems level… More
October 23rd, 2018
Implementing a Successful Lead Mini-Grant Award
Implementing a Successful Lead Mini-Grant Award Note: This is the second of a series of mini-grant awardee blogs for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. You may also be interested in parts one, three, and four. by Joyce… More
October 2nd, 2018
NCHH and Partners Awarded $1.24 Million for HUD Technical Studies Grants
NCHH and Partners Awarded $1.24 Million for HUD Technical Studies Grants Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, 443.539.4154, cbloom@nchh.org COLUMBIA, MD (October 2, 2018) — The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) has received a pair of awards from… More
July 15th, 2007
New Research Shows that Weatherization Work Can Result in High Levels of Lead Dust
New Research Shows that Weatherization Work Can Result in High Levels of Lead Dust (Columbia, MD, July 15, 2007*) – Results from a study released this month show that the amount of dust created by… More