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Lead {J?oison-9Scourge of the Ghetto Gete, qew, 'Emphasis in Earth Week __ _" j By CARY BROOTEN Fenny was back in the haz .' In an Earth Week siatcra`;it Ol The Bulletin Stall ardous environment (or released over the weekend, Dnti't talk to Ponrlnpe Jackawn about environment. weeks before the paint was re Mayor Talc declared that the moved early ibis year. (The ' city plans to intensify both its Authority since has agreed to lead-paint control program She wont understand, and accept Health Department and the rat control program. not imlv because Penny is findings as to the lead coonot qtilic four years old. ' 1 tent of paint to Its units.) At the same time,. U. .$, Sen. Richard S. Schwclkcr, an- Penny b a little "stow," as ` There were 121 cases of con- , nounced . plans to introduce' they say. tier mind is not firmed lead poisoning in the , legislation on the pfdbiept. quite right any longer. city last year -- the "tip . (Severs! bltlr are In the House' Iter environment has hurt of the Iceberg," according to . subcommittee on housing Penny Jnclutnn. Pur the rest authorities who estimated that - chaired by Philadelphia' Dera- or her life she -- and society hundreds or even thousands ocrat William P. .Barrett.- --will pay. ol children have elevated Companion bills also afe.'ia' The particular kind uf "pot- - levels of lead circulating in ! committee in the Senate.,) lulhm" that harmed the girl's brain is an old, familiar ene my to the decayed residential areas of all big chics--leaded paint. ft is a known enemy, and the means > deal with it al so are known. Penelope Jackson Is not her real mime, hut she is a real ggiirrll.. SShitee lfiivveess iiin public hour- their blond. Tomorrow, City Halt. Com- Damages Noted. fsioncr Dr. Norman R. lggre- The* confirmed rases have a high rate of brain damage, kidney damage or olherjMt?. tag eficcts. The eflecurwliigh ham will hold Kb third meeting since test fail with com wimtttf readers interested'..in the problemA , Muod levels in^Kudrcn with l The program/ no uhvlous symptoms arc un-: He will outline a $1.2 minion known; ySmc doctors think proposal fo^_expanded'City they may contribute to mental.: efforts to f/td and treat chil Ing. She wais poisoned by stunHng. d*ren withrel*evated' *leve'b of paint on I.he iwaits and wood- yOw child died from the pot- lead in their blood and to get work. The paint contained a yarning last year and about 40 tead-paigf^gzards removed. high cninn'*-*eennttrr,alUm uf Imd. ; ht file decade. >lnn catts* ion Paiaf Outlined Most Victims Young ilsils bWw.health As far as anyone can-(Hi,that paint was applicil.fo (lie puliliilv owwsl unit (dud une idlier unit like it) Since Ihe' ciiv in liKifi passed an ordi nance nullawiug such painl. Raymond Tyl/r, chief of the city's .wide-fit runlrol pro- jiram. sakMhete was a "slip up" in enforcing the law. Aflcridocttirs last fall con-' firmed (topriy's lead poisoning, and lleniih Department snnitariaas had taken paint sumplea to confirm ihe high-toad content, a .district health official acted. He wrote Penny's mother warning her to see that her children did not nibble no painted surfaces until the leaded paint could he remov ed, lie issued an order to tire Must of the poisoning ts to , small children. Five out of nix victims are between ages one and three, most of the rest under six. They arc poisoned . when they gnaw at window sills or dtnrframes, or--more ucation aides, trained to,iarview parents aWiuf -sym- is'of lead poisoNug and The aides willtyy to i/d "high risk" cAildrcn. rid inform parents aboyt (he iblcm. commonly in deteriorated --A contract with St Chris housing---when.they .eat chips-' topher's, Children's. Hahne of paint nr painted plaster ly ing on the floor. Pica -- the medical term for ' rating nonfood items--is com-' man, according tn Dr. Sidney Sussmnn of St. Christopher's Hospital. A survey of the. Iws-, pitai's North Philadelphia , neighborhood where food b not plentiful, fumed up otic or ' more children with pica symp-j toms In nearly half the homes. *. mann and Presbyterian hospi tals to perform blood tests an the high-risk children. ' --Ten more building insp ctors in the Department of J- censes and Inspection^ anc a irogram to train the col re force of inspectors in. tak ng Saint samples for lead amjly- les. * ' " (--A system of ndvidrry irds on lead-paint problems, - representing the metiicai profession, . second 2Sm. toJiify" laiullotd -- the Philadelphia Housing Authority -- to have dents have prodded the city to th,rdXfhe "mmun"' it removed., A Second Test As n city egmey, however, the Authority look the position tint it was not subject to "or ders" from other city agen cies. Before acting, in insist ed on laving its own paint samples taken and tested. The expand its efforts lo deal with. . the problem. Until recently.. Bulletin uvided Tours however, lead-paint poisoning has ranged low on department priority lists. Guided tours Of The Bulle tin Building are available daily, except Sundays and- Action Impends Holidays, at 9, 10 and 11 AM. Now, In the heady at and 1. 2, 3 and 4 P.M. CfOups mosphere of Earth Week, of more than fen should, make there have been promises of reservations by . calling result was delay. action. EVJ-7BW. *. filfFH vi s d. s- a s5*r`8 6 i *0 j|S o * tils t N39165 > 5* I