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Monday November 28, 2011
Protect Philadelphia Children from Permanent Damage - Call Council To Support Lead Poisoning Prevention Bill!
This Wednesday, November 30th, City Council’s Public Health and Human Services Committee will consider a bill that will protect Philadelphia children from lead poisoning. Many of you called council members last week to help build support for the bill. Thank you for taking action!
We need to keep calls coming! Call your City Council member and one Council Member At-Large today to urge him or her to support the lead poisoning prevention bill.
We also need people to attend the hearing on Wednesday, November 30th at 1:00 in Council Chambers in City Hall. Please consider using your lunch hour to attend the hearing and show your support for Philadelphia children.
How will children be impacted? The majority of homes in Philadelphia were built before lead paint was banned for residential use in 1978. If lead paint deteriorates, children ages 0 – 5 are most vulnerable to being permanently injured by it. The good news is that in the last decade the number of children poisoned annually in Philadelphia has dropped from about 5,000 to 1,000. The bad news is that many of these children are poisoned by rental properties, despite the fact that it is unlawful to rent a property with lead hazards.
This bill strengthens the law by requiring landlords to show that their pre-1978 properties will not poison children when they move into a new home.
Call your City Council member and one Council Member At-Large today to urge him or her to support the lead poisoning prevention bill. (Phone numbers are listed below - if you don't know who your City Council person is, click here).
Call and say: “Councilperson _______, I urge you to support the childhood lead poisoning prevention bill No. 100011 requiring rental properties owners to test their pre-1978 properties at turnover to show there are no lead hazards. Landlord shouldn't make money by putting children at risk. You must help protect the city’s children.”
And please consider attending the hearing this Wednesday, November 30th at 1:00pm in Council Chambers in City Hall. If you do not live or work in the city, please forward this email to someone who does.
Thanks for doing what you can for kids,
Shelly Yanoff, Executive Director.
District Council Members
District 1 - Councilman Frank DiCicco
(215) 686-3458, (215) 686-3459
District 2 - Council President Anna Verna
(215) 686-3412, (215) 686-3413
District 3 - Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell
(215) 686-3418, (215) 686-3419
District 4 - Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr.
(215) 686-3416, (215) 686-3417
District 5 - Councilman Darrell Clarke
(215) 686-3442, (215) 686-3443
District 6 - Councilwoman Joan L. Krajewski
(215) 686-3444, (215) 686-3445
District 7 - Councilwoman Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez
(215) 686-3448, (215) 686-3449
District 8 - Councilwoman Donna Miller
(215) 686-3424, (215) 686-3425
District 9 - Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco
(215) 686-3454, (215) 686-3455
District 10 - Councilman Brian J. O'Neill
(215) 686-3422, (215) 686-3423
Councilmembers-At-Large
Councilman W. Wilson Goode, Jr.
(215) 686-3414, (215) 686-3415
Councilman William K. Greenlee
(215) 686-3446, (215) 686-3447
Councilman Bill Green
(215) 686-3420, (215) 686-3421
Councilman Jack Kelly
(215) 686-3452, (215) 686-3453
Councilman James Kenney
(215) 686-3450, (215) 686-3451
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown
(215) 686-3438, (215) 686-3439
Councilman Frank Rizzo, Jr.
(215) 686-3440
About this E-Alert
Action today means protecting children tomorrow. PCCY sends regular e-alerts to keep our network up-to-date on important issues affecting children and families in our region. Please continue working with us to protect the lives and life chances of our region's children by taking action today.
President: Carolyn Adams
Executive Director: Shelly D. Yanoff
Communications Director: Sid Holmes
Webmaster: Steven E. Fynes
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