Lead and Children – Leaching the Promise of our Future

As a part of an ongoing Children’s Health Speaker Series, CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health will hold a free, public event “Lead and Children – Leaching the Promise of our Future” for families, community leaders, and members of the local building industry on Monday, Sept. 25. The event will include a dessert reception at 6 p.m. followed by a 7 p.m. lecture entitled “Impacts of Childhood Lead Exposure” by Dr. Marie Lynn Miranda, a leading researcher on the impact of lead upon children in the United States.

During the lecture and discussion, attendees will get an inside look into the research findings behind the impact of lead exposure in children, as well as the importance of prevention, monitoring and responding to lead exposure in children within the community.