Protecting Pennsylvania's Environmental Justice Communities

There are over 1,000 identified Environmental Justice areas throughout Pennsylvania. Clean Water Action is working to ensure that all Pennsylvanians, especially those that have typically been disenfranchised and/or disproportionally burden with adverse environmental impacts are meaningfully involved in decisions that shape a healthy environment in which to live, learn and work.

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The Philadelphia Lead Hazard Awareness Program

Clean Water Fund is proud to relaunch our Lead Hazard Awareness Program (LHAP) in Philadelphia, whose mission is to empower residents to identify and live safely with lead hazards in their homes and communities.

Lead Hazard Awareness Project: Fighting Lead-contaminated Soil and Dust

Philadelphia’s smelters are shut down, and cars no longer run on leaded gasoline. But the lead they released still clings to the soil surface, along with flakes of exterior lead paint. The result: lead is in the dirt that sticks to shoes and hands after work or play in bare soil.

Lead Hazard Awareness Project: Lead in Paint

If your home was built before 1978, especially before 1960, it is very likely to have lead paint. Undisturbed paint with a smooth surface is not considered dangerous, and most lead paint has been covered with many layers of non-leaded paint. However, if the layered paint is loosened by water damage or pitted by the scrapes and dents of daily living, the old lead layers may become uncovered.

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The Philadelphia Lead Hazard Awareness Program

Lead Hazard Awareness Project: Fighting Lead-contaminated Soil and Dust

Lead Hazard Awareness Project: Lead in Paint

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