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"Among Philadelphia children under the age of 6 years
old in 2017, there was a decrease in newly identified
children with venous blood lead levels ≥10 µg/dL
from 2.2% of children screened for lead poisoning in
2007 to 0.8% in 2017."

"More than 90% of Philadelphia children
receive at least one lead screening test before
they turn 6 years old. In addition, 76% of
children born in 2015 received at least one test
before they turned 2 years old, compared to
58% of children born in 2005. However, only
28% of children born in 2015 were tested fully
in accordance with PDPH’s recommendations
(i.e., at age 1 and again at age 2)"

(CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING. Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 2017.)

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What is lead poisoning? How does it occur?

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What is lead poisoning? How does it occur?

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Lead poisoning refers to how much lead is in the bloodstream of the child, for this case. It can cause permanent and severe effects to a child's brain and nervous system.

The main source of childhood lead exposure in Philadelphia tends to be from lead paint and the dust it produces. The Philadelphia Health Department reports that "When old paint cracks and peels, or when it is ground between surfaces such as around windows, it makes lead dust."  It's easy for small children to eat fallen paint chips, or inhale the dust that comes from the lead paint as well.

CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING. Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 2017.

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According to an Inquirer media site,  lead poisoning can be found anywhere between the Southwest area to the Northeast area. The majority of the lead poisoning score risk is high in the Northeast portion of Philadelphia. It is also very common in the Southwestern area of Philadelphia.

CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING. Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 2017.

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What are the results of the lead issue in Philadelphia?

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What are the results of the lead issue in Philadelphia?

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According to some sources, Philadelphia ranks among the top large cities at risk for child lead poisoning. As a result, children at an extremely high and growing rate are left with invertible damages.

CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING. Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 2017.

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What laws and regulations have been made to fix the lead issue?

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What laws and regulations have been made to fix the lead issue?

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"The Lead Paint Disclosure and Certification Law will require Philadelphia landlords to ensure that property rented to families with children 6 years and younger are lead safe." This was established in December of 2012 to help aid the lead poisoning epidemic in Philadelphia.

“Department of Public Health: Homepage.” City of Philadelphia, 8 Nov. 2019, https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-public-health/.

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Although the likelihood of children running around the courtrooms in city hall eating chips of lead point is little to none, the fact that the same rooms where officials are claiming they did what they could to prevent lead exposure in low-income homes, in the same very rooms with high lead. One of the many families fighting the lead courts wanted to prove a point by testing seven rooms in City Hall for lead, all seven tested positive. The same rules and regulations lawyers in City Hall are saying are being upheld are being ignored in the same rooms they're arguing.

“We Tested City Hall for Lead Exposure – and This Is What We Found.” PhillyVoice, 30 Mar. 2018, https://www.phillyvoice.com/philadelphia-city-hall-lead-exposure-testing-positive-results-mayor-kenney/.

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Beyond Lead Paint; what else is an environmental issue in Philadelphia?

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Beyond Lead Paint; what else is an environmental issue in Philadelphia?

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Each year air quality reports show our city is not improving, but overall worsening. This isn't only bad for the ozone but the article also states that it's bad for people's health, "When older adults or children with asthma breathe ozone-polluted air, too often they end up in the doctor's office, the hospital, or the emergency room." This is a result of air pollution from car and bus emissions, which are evidently doing hard harm to us and our city's air.
The author calls out to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, asking them to, "implement and enforce the law instead of trying to roll back major safeguards such as the Clean Power Plan and cleaner cars, both steps that help us fight climate change and reduce air pollution."

Kummer, Frank. “Philadelphia's Smog Problem Gets Worse, Says American Lung Association.” Https://Www.inquirer.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 18 Apr. 2018, https://www.inquirer.com/philly/health/environment/philly-south-jersey-smog-american-lung-association-epa-20180418.html.