Lead Pipes: A hidden threat to families across America
Any amount of lead exposure can impair children's brain development and contribute to learning and behavioral problems. Yet millions of people still get their water through lead pipes, and – according to a recent study – an anticipated new federal policy could put low income and African-American communities at greater risk of lead exposure.
Join us for a conversation with leading experts to learn how EDF and partners across the country are working to address this urgent environmental justice issue and public health threat to families across America.
Introduction
- The Hon. Senator Cory Booker, United States Senator from New Jersey
Moderator
- Tom Neltner, Chemicals Policy Director, Environmental Defense Fund
Speakers
- Carlton Waterhouse, Director, Environmental Justice Center, Howard University School of Law
- Pamela Russo, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- LaTricea Adams, Founder & President of Black Millennials 4 Flint
Resources
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