October 29, 2014 | Public Radio International
It’s almost Halloween, and millions of kids will be out trick-or-treating. Anxious parents may worry that their kids will get cavities or eat too much sugar, but right now there’s another more potent risk: traces of the powerful neurotoxin lead that can be found in licorice.
October 29, 2014 | Detroit Free Press
Detroit developer Herb Strather made Wednesday’s deadline for a down payment on his winning $3 million bid for thousands of blighted and foreclosed city properties, but his grand $2 billion vision for redevelopment may have hit a snag.
October 28, 2014 | Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
Check out the latest edition of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative magazine – Healthy Homes, Happy Families – by clicking here! Featured articles include Success Story: GHHI Philadelphia, Ask the Experts: Energy Efficiency, GHHI Visits Capitol Hill and Innovative Funding Opportunities.
October 16, 2014 | NewsObserver.com
If you or someone you know is planning work on a pre-1978 home, please make time to take precautions against the possibility of lead poisoning.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that about 500,000 U.S children ages 1 to 5 have elevated lead levels in their blood. Lead paint, estimated to exist in 40 percent of the U.S. housing stock, is considered the most hazardous source of lead for […]
October 15, 2014 | Curbed Detroit
The annual Wayne County tax auction sells off properties in foreclosure for three years or more of unpaid taxes. But the county has not, until this point, foreclosed on every property eligible for tax foreclosure.
October 13, 2014 | Detroit Free Press
LANSING – Michigan plans to fight blight in 12 cities using $75 million in federal funding, the latest in a series of efforts to deal with vacant and dilapidated buildings across the state.
The plans, created by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, will help fund work in Detroit, Ecorse, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Inkster and River Rouge in Wayne County as well as Adrian, Ironwood, Jackson, Lansing, Muskegon Heights […]
October 10, 2014 | Environmental Health Perspectives
Abstract
Background: Previous research has found relationships between specific indoor environmental exposures and exacerbation of asthma.
Objectives: The current review provides an updated summary of knowledge from the scientific literature on indoor exposures and exacerbation of asthma.
October 9, 2014 | KY3
When you know what to look for and take the proper precautions, lead poisoning is 100 percent preventable.
Unfortunately, thousands of kids are still getting sick. Lead paint lurks in forty percent of the nation’s homes – about 36 million homes across the U.S.
October 8, 2014 | Detroit Free Press
Carolyn Patterson’s Roseville bungalow flooded with sewage water nearly two months ago.
Her family lost everything in the finished basement, which now has mold. Her estimate to rebuild is about $15,000 — a cost her insurance won’t cover and money she doesn’t have.
Now Patterson is seeking help.
October 7, 2014 | City of Detroit
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, along with representatives of Detroit City Council, today announced plans to make sure all Detroiters impacted by storm related flooding in August are contacted by the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), which is offering financial aid to flooding victims.
At a press conference today Mayor Duggan thanked the Obama Administration for providing this financial safety net for Detroit residents, many of who need to replace […]