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Take action to help end childhood lead exposure and poisoning in New York!

Join our movement today.

Let’s work together to end New York’s childhood lead exposure and poisoning crises.
By getting involved with LFKNY, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Make your voice heard through in-person and online advocacy days, meeting with your elected officials, writing letters to your local paper and more
  • Receive hot-off-the presses updates about on lead in the Capitol and how you can make a difference
  • Access resources about the problem of childhood lead poisoning and how we are working to make it an issue of the past so that you can make a difference in your community
  • Be part of a community that’s dedicated to preventing lead poisoning for all New York children

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Featured Story

“My 3-year-old at the time was exposed to lead in my apartment back in 2019. I have had to worry about the effects on her cognitive development, her development as a whole, because we all know that all children who are exposed to lead, a neurotoxin, are at high risk for lowered IQ’s, delays in growth and speech, learning disabilities, organ failure, and even death…”

Link to the story Citizen Action of New York’s Enoshja Ruffin on Lead Poisoning’s Impact