Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning: A Federal Strategy Targeting Lead Paint Hazards

摘要

This report, for the first time, presents a coordinated federal program to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in the United States. It describes how lead poisoning harms children, how pervasive lead poisoning is, and how lead paint hazards in housing can be eliminated in 10 years. To achieve the goal of making children safe from lead hazards, the President's FY2001 budget increases federal funding for several agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DoJ), and provides for a 50% increase in lead hazard control grants issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The budget also maintains the current level of funding for lead programs at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). In this report, we are proposing 10-year plan that will create 2.3 million lead-safe homes for low-income families with children, thereby resulting in net benefits of $8.9 billion, as estimated by HUD.