SNJPC to conduct lead seminar
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WILLINGBORO – Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative (SNJPC), a nonprofit group dedicated to improving health outcomes for pregnant women, babies and children through education, health planning, clinical care coordination and responding to emerging regional needs, is offering free seminars regarding how to ensure if your home is free of lead-based paint. The group is funded by a grant from the state Department of Community Affairs’ Lead Outreach and Education Program.

The seminar will have three workshops. The first one will be at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County on Sunset Road from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow. Second and third workshops have been planned to be conducted on Nov. 14 in the Marino Ballroom on Cohansey Street in Bridgeton and Nov. 17 at the Cape May Regional Medical Center in Cape May Court House respectively.

Nurse Debi Asselta, coordinator of the Southern Regional Lead Poisoning Prevention Coalition, said lead dust lead dust could be spread around by stripping paint, remodeling walls and other general contracting work.

“These classes are a valuable resource for anyone who deals with maintenance, home repair, or property renovation,” Asselta said.

An experienced lead-safety instructor will be presenting the one-day training seminars. Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved the courses.

The coordinators said that breakfast and lunch will be provided for the participants. According to the SNJPC, invisible lead dust from peeling or deteriorated paint is the major source of childhood lead poisoning and almost all homes built before 1978 are likely contain lead dust.

“Even a small amount of lead has long-lasting consequences for children and pregnant women,” Asselta said.

She said that lead safety is everybody’s responsibility.

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