PRINTER'S NO. 2492
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
527
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BULLOCK, CALTAGIRONE, SCHLOSSBERG, RABB,
LONGIETTI, NEILSON, HENNESSEY, MACKENZIE, READSHAW, ROZZI,
SOLOMON, J. HARRIS, KINSEY, RYAN, BIZZARRO, MILLARD,
PASHINSKI, DRISCOLL, VAZQUEZ, DiGIROLAMO, MURT, SONNEY, DUSH,
THOMAS, SCHWEYER, O'BRIEN, TOOHIL, DALEY, HILL-EVANS, WARREN,
CONKLIN AND DONATUCCI, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of October 22 through 28, 2017, as
"National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Human exposure to lead is a global public health
issue; and
WHEREAS, Inhaled or consumed lead causes long-term
consequences and irreversible damage among children and adults;
and
WHEREAS, Low blood lead levels can profoundly affect the
brain and nervous system; and
WHEREAS, Lead poisoning at very high levels can be fatal; and
WHEREAS, Childhood lead poisoning is considered the most
preventable environmental disease affecting children; and
WHEREAS, "National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week" emphasizes
awareness of the sources of this pervasive neurotoxicant and the
steps to reduce or prevent harmful blood lead levels and improve
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health outcomes; and
WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
recommends early childhood lead screening to identify
asymptomatic exposure as well as targeted screening of at-risk
children according to known risk patterns; and
WHEREAS, In this Commonwealth, the Department of Health
administers area Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
offices, tracks children and adults with elevated blood lead
levels and provides comprehensive prevention and control
services in high-risk areas; and
WHEREAS, Clinical laboratories in this Commonwealth report
blood lead test results for pregnant women and persons under 16
years of age to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program,
Division of Child and Adult Health Services, Bureau of Family
Health; and
WHEREAS, Clinical laboratories in this Commonwealth report
blood lead test results for persons 16 years of age or older to
the Department of Health's Division of Environmental Health
Epidemiology, Bureau of Epidemiology; and
WHEREAS, Homes built before 1978 should be tested for
potential lead hazards; and
WHEREAS, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
has recommended reducing or eliminating workplace lead exposures
through engineering controls such as substitution, isolation and
ventilation; and
WHEREAS, "National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week," observed
annually during the last week of October, addresses the public
health burden caused by the widespread use of lead and lead
products and advances the goal of eliminating childhood lead
poisoning in the United States; therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
week of October 22 through 28, 2017, as "National Lead Poisoning
Prevention Week" in Pennsylvania.
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