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Precautions you can take to assure you are consuming lead-free water
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press August 2025) An article in the July Plain Press titled “History shows that nutrition education should play a greater role in efforts to prevent lead poisoning” addressed the importance of diet in helping prevent severe lead poisoning of Cleveland’s children. A reader responding to the article asked that the…
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History shows that nutrition education should play a greater role in efforts to prevent lead poisoning
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press July 2025) In a June 11th Opinion piece in The Plain Dealer titled “No more delays or excuses. Clean up the toxic lead now – before more kids are poisoned”, The Plain Dealer editorial board reproduced a chart from the City of Cleveland that shows “Nearly one in five…
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Cuyahoga County program offers emergency assistance for lead poisoning victims
(Plain Press April 2025) The Cuyahoga County Department of Health and Human Services and Cuyahoga Job and Family Service have an Emergency Assistance Lead Poisoning Program. The Emergency Assistance or Prevention, Retention and Contingency (PRC) program can assist with reasonable moving and utility costs related to lead poisoning. Eligible families include: a…
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Lead advocates offer free screenings for lead at Kentucky Gardens
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, July 27, 2024; Soil Shop Comes to Cleveland, Kentucky Gardens, W. 38th and Franklin: Yulissa Aguilar, an Environmental Justice staff member of the Chicago Office of the United State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), performs soil screening for lead of soil brought in by residents from their yards or gardens. Kentucky…
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Free soil tests for lead at Kentucky Garden on July 27, 2024
(Plain Press July 2024) The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) will offer free soil tests to identify lead hazards on July 27 from 10AM-1PM at the Kentucky Garden at W. 38th and Franklin, adjoining Fairview Park in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. Residents from Ohio City and surrounding neighborhoods are encouraged to bring soil samples…
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Max Hayes students learn how to work safely in a lead paint environment
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, May 18, 2023; Max Hayes High School, 2211 W. 65th Street: Max Hayes Construction Program 10th Grade students Yandi Chacon, Derek Gonzalez and Zahyr Scott were among 19 students who completed a Renovation, Repair and Painting Course. The curriculum for the course was designed through a joint effort by the…
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Parents get ahead of lead with new supports
Families of preschool age children minimize the legacy of lead with Bright Beginnings Parents of preschool age children with elevated blood lead levels do not have to face the challenge alone. Bright Beginnings’ new Parent Support Lead Program empowers parents of children 3 to 5 years old with education, cleaning supplies, nutrition aids, developmental…
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How to address lead paint and other conditions in rental properties
by Tonya Sams Plain Press, July 20220 When housing conditions are endangering your family, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by worry and fear. One common problem is the presence of lead in older homes. Most homes built prior to 1978 used paint that contained lead. Children exposed to lead poisoning may suffer from learning and behavioral…
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PB CLE stages community event at ThirdSpace Action Lab
PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Sunday, May 15, 2022; Participatory Budgeting in Action event, ThirdSpace Action Lab, 1464 E. 105th Street: Laylah Allen, Chief Executive Officer of The Missing Link, COPE Inc., and David Van Horn, a community artist and organizer for Art Block, participate in this effort to have citizens help determine how a portion of…
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City paint program could use a fresh coat; residents cite costly labor and slow process as issues
by Doug Breehl-Pitorak (Plain Press, March 2022) Tuesday Gibson lives with her mom, Barbara, in a 107-year-old home in Cleveland’s Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhood. Gibson had hoped Cleveland’s Exterior Paint Program, which offers free paint and supplies to help residents repaint their homes and safely remove any hazardous lead-based paint, would provide enough support to give the home…
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