As states across the country fight the COVID-19 pandemic, a lead poisoning epidemic is raging in Connecticut, where weak state laws have done little to help the disproportionately Black and Hispanic victims, according to grantee Jenifer Frank’s new report.
Although the state adopted CDC’s strict standards for lead poisoning almost a decade ago, its laws continue to require action only when children test three or four times higher than the national standard for lead levels.
Read Frank’s full report here.