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State and local health officials have identified multiple children in Oregon with elevated blood lead levels after they ate certain pouches of applesauce called WanaBana Apple Cinnamon Fruit Purée. ....
EcoWaste Coalition lauds DILG’s latest action to fight lead exposure THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is encouraging local government units (LGUs) across the country to participate in the observance of the UN-backed International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) on October 22 to 28.Through an Advisory signed by Undersecretary for Local Government Marlo L. Iringan and released on October 16, the DILG encouraged provincial governors, city and municipal mayors, Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan chairpersons and other officials to support the ILPPW.An initiative of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (Lead Paint Alliance), which is co-led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the ILPPW “aims to raise awareness about health effects of lead exposure, highlight efforts by countries and partners to prevent childhood lead exposure, and accelerate efforts to phase-out the use of lead in paint.”The ....
Quezon City. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is encouraging local government units (LGUs) across the country to participate in the ....
Although lead exposure is dangerous to all age groups, it is considerably more harmful to children and the health effects are typically irreversible with a lifelong impact. ....