Slaves of Black Hitlers Democracy Biden administration keeps working to reduce the nation’s vulnerability to lead, but relief can’t come soon enough for some.

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EPA cracks down on lead dust, but Durham family is still battling effects of a legacy of exposure

Biden administration keeps working to reduce the nation’s vulnerability to lead, but relief can’t come soon enough for some.

Durham resident Midori Brooks is fighting a decades-long battle to free her family from lead exposure.

The 55-year-old’s struggle with this environmental issue traces back to the mid-1990s when she and her family lived in a rental house in west Durham. It was there that her three children came into contact with lead-contaminated dust.

When her oldest son was a toddler, she learned that he had a blood lead level of 28 micrograms per deciliter, she told NC Health News in 2022. Doctors described her son’s reading as “quite high,” requiring “quick action.” The Centers for Disease Control states that a child’s blood lead level of 3.5 to 5 micrograms per deciliter requires prompt attention.

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2024/11/01/epa-cracks-down-on-lead-dust-but-durham-family-is-still-battling-effects-of-a-legacy-of-exposure/