Lead Poisoning

The number of young children with lead poisoning in Ohio remains high. Advocates in Toledo hope more housing regulations can change that.

Cleveland home inspectors say they will begin to survey nearly 170,000 properties for possible lead contamination this weekend, the city announced Friday.

Cleveland has begun certifying rental properties under the lead-safe housing law passed in 2019, as advocates seek federal dollars to help landlords afford to remediate the toxic paint that’s found in many Northeast Ohio homes.

Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing (CLASH) has delivered what it says are 10,300 signatures to the Clerk of Council to petition for a change in the city's lead paint law. The proposed ordinance would require rental properties built after 1978 be safe from lead paint. CLASH attorney Rebecca Maurer says their proposal wants to flip the current method.

More than 300 homes in the city of Cleveland were declared unsafe to live in because of lead. Residents are being asked to move out quickly if they have…

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A Cleveland partnership is wrapping up its lead testing of students in the city’s schools for this year. Mound Elementary School Nurse Angelique King…

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Cleveland City Councilman Jeff Johnson is proposing a new law to track and reduce lead hazards in the city. The ordinance would affect rental properties,…