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EPA Lead Program
Grant Fact Sheet
Detecting Lead Hazard Risks
and Preventing Lead Poisoning
Among Thai Immigrant Children
Los Angeles County, California
EPA selected Thai Health and Information
Services, Inc., a non-profit, community-
based organization in Los Angeles, CA for a
Targeted Lead Grant.
Thai Health and Information Services
intends to use EPA grant funds to assess
risk factors related to elevated blood lead
levels, to determine blood lead levels and
prevent lead poisoning among low-income
Thai immigrant children in Los Angeles, CA.
Milestone objectives of this project are:
•	A lead hazard risk assessment
focusing on low-income Thai
immigrant families in Los Angeles
employing culturally- and
linguistically-appropriate tools to
identify potential lead hazards and
exposure risks ,
•	Health and education outreach concerning lead hazards with low-income Thai families
in Los Angeles, and
•	Blood lead screening of approximately 175 children from low-income Thai immigrant
families in Los Angeles including identification of post-screening referral requirements.
EPA's Targeted Lead Grants
EPA's Targeted Lead Grant Program funds
projects in areas with high incidences of
children with elevated blood-lead levels in
vulnerable populations. In 2007 the Agency
awarded more than $5.2 Million in grants
under this ambitious program. These
targeted grants are intended to address
immediate needs of the communities in
which they are awarded, and will also
highlight lead poison prevention strategies
that can be used in similar communities
across the country.
EPA's lead program is playing a major role
in meeting the federal goal of eliminating
childhood lead poisoning as a major public
health concern by 2010, and the projects
supported by these grant funds are an
important part of this ongoing effort.
According to the Centers for Disease
Control in 1978 there were 13.5 million
children in the US with elevated blood lead
levels. By 2002, that number had dropped
to 310,000.
For more information about EPA's Lead
Program, visit www.epa.gov/lead or call
the National Lead Information Center at
1-800-424-LEAD.
2007 Targeted Lead Grant Program
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
www.epa.gov/lead

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