December 11, 2013 | Michigan Environmental Council
Coalition honors eight Michigan lawmakers for leadership in helping eradicate childhood lead poisoning
Michigan legislators instrumental in securing funds to reduce childhood lead poisoning are being honored today by the Michigan Alliance for Lead Safe Housing (MIALSH) coalition in a ceremony in Lansing.The $1.25 million in lead poisoning prevention funds for the state’s 2013-2014 budget came after multiple years of lawmaker outreach and education by the MIALSH coalition. The money will help renovate homes with dangerous lead hazards to make them safe for children.Tina Reynolds, health policy director with the Michigan Environmental Council – a coalition steering committee member – said that the funding will demonstrably reduce the number of poisoned children in Michigan. [...]