The next two-year Ohio budget is being proposed with a controversial new amendment that would give sole authority to the Ohio Health Department in overseeing the reduction of lead use. From lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan to 51 houses with known lead hazards in Columbus alone, the regulation of lead is an issue we will need to tackle whether it be at the state or local level.
Join us today as we discuss the dangerous impact of lead in Ohio.
Guests:
- Llewellyn Smith, producer, writer and director, "NOVA: Poisoned Water"
- David Norris, senior researcher, Kirwan Institute at Ohio State University
- Patricia Barnes, executive director, Ohio Healthy Homes Network
- Katrina Korfmacher, professor, University of Rochester Medical Center
