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10 Tips for Preventing Lead Poisoning
  1. Wet mop twice a week.
  2. Wash children’s hands, toys, pacifiers, and bottles often.
  3. Get all children under the age of 6 tested for lead.
  4. Don't let children eat paint chips or pick at peeling paint.
  5. Take your shoes off before entering the house.
  6. Do not allow children to play in bare dirt or soil. Cover soil with grass, mulch or bushes.
  7. Feed your children a diet rich in calcium and iron.
  8. Always use cold tap water.  
  9. Follow lead safe work practices when doing work on homes.
  10. If you work with lead, don't bring lead home from work on clothes and shoes.

Call CLEARCorps at (313) 924-4000 for in home lead education, risk assessment, and lead reduction services. 

EPA Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule

Attention all landlords, home owners, and contractors!!

 As of April 22, 2010, the EPA Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule will go into effect. This rule regulates all renovation, repair and painting activities that disturbs paint in homes constructed before 1978 and in child occupied facilities such as day care centers, schools, etc. Before you do any work on a home built before 1978, make sure you know how to prevent lead poisoning.  

Visit the RRP page for more information.

Thanks to our funders!!!  

BASF Corporation
Detroit Dept. of Health and Wellness Promotion
Neighborhood Opportunity Fund
Children's Health Forum
Corporation of National and Community Service
Environmental Protection Agency

Knight Foundation                            Kresge Foundation  
Michigan Department of  Community Health
PVS Chemical
Skillman Foundation
US Department of Housing and Urban Development

 
   
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HELP WANTED TO HELP KIDS

CLEARCorps is hiring two new AmeriCorps team members to help kids safe from lead poisoning.  Members serve full-time for one year

For more information, please download our recruitment flier or contact Mia Crumb Smith at mcs@clearcorpsdetroit.org or 313-924-4000

 

 
   
CLEARCorps Newsletter  
CLEARCorps/Detroit now has a newsletter!  Check it out!
Getting the Lead Out: Issue #1
Getting the Lead Out: Issue #2
   
 
 
 
 
CLEARCorps/Detroit 11148 Harper; Detroit, MI 48213
Phone: (313)924-4000   Fax: (313) 924 4003