Coalition On Lead Emergency

11/04/2024

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07/29/2023

Dont forget our back to school block party, happening today at 2pm! See you there!!

07/25/2023

07/25/2023

Just a few videos and photos from our cooking class yesterday! Look out for our next one at Hepatha August 7th!

07/10/2023

Parents, need something to do with your kids this afternoon?? Come join us at Hepatha Church today at 3pm!

Introducing Cooking With COLE! A new interactive way of getting involved with our services as well as learning new cooking tips techniques and recipes for lead safe and lead free meals! 🥕 🥦 🥬

07/10/2023

Introducing Cooking With COLE! A new interactive way of getting involved with our services as well as learning new cooking tips techniques and recipes for lead safe and lead free meals! 🥕 🥦 🥬

06/14/2023

05/23/2023

A huge problem surrounding lead poisoning in Milwaukee is that of lack of testing to children in affected communities .

Check this out. ⬇️

Testing to detect lead poisoning among kids in Wisconsin declined substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic. While more children are getting tested, around 17 percent fewer kids were screened last year compared to 2019.

07/19/2022

Known to be a health risk for decades, more than 40% of the homes in the city of Milwaukee still have lead water service lines. That's more than 66,000 citywide.

More than 40% of homes in Milwaukee still have lead water service lines.

07/14/2022

"It was just a very scary feeling of feeling like I couldn’t protect my child. And I didn’t know what to do to make it better," said Branch, who has spent years speaking about the dangers of lead. "I just couldn’t be silent. I had to let everyone know this is what happened. And I want to prevent it from happening to any other child."

Thousands of Milwaukee homes still get water through lead laterals. Now, federal funds are coming to help replace some of those lines connecting water mains to your home.