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Akron launches Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, cites HUD grant and Lead Safe Akron work
Summary
City housing officials opened Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, outlined Lead Safe Akron activities and said the city has a HUD lead-hazard and healthy-homes grant it will use to assess and remediate lead hazards. Staff noted housing-age and exposure maps, radon testing plans and outreach events for residents.
City housing officials briefed the Housing and Neighborhood Assistance Committee on Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and the city’s Lead Safe Akron program, outlining outreach, testing and remediation priorities.
"Ninety percent of Akron's housing stock predates 1980," Terron Cunningham, housing-rehab manager in the Department of Neighborhood Assistance, told the committee as he summarized lead-exposure risks across several ZIP…
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