According to a legal aid attorney and lead poisoning watchdog, the abatement was too costly, too slow — and indicative of city government’s wholly inadequate and dishonest response to New Haven’s child lead poisoning crisis.
News Story (Connecticut)
Thomas Breen
New Haven Independent
February 7, 2019
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Tags: Lead Poisoning
Organizations mentioned/involved: New Haven Legal Assistance Association (CT)
News Story (Connecticut)
Thomas Breen
New Haven Independent
February 7, 2019
READ THE FULL STORY HERE
Tags: Lead Poisoning
Organizations mentioned/involved: New Haven Legal Assistance Association (CT)
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Over the past year and a half, three separate state judges have publicly rebuked the city’s health department for inadequate lead paint inspections, for storing lead-related notes on paper and not in electronic records, for failing to enforce timely and sufficient abatements of lead-hazardous properties, and for failing to follow up and make sure that abated properties remain safe for child tenants to keep living in.