Presentations
The Lead Poisoning Treatment & Prevention Program organizes and hosts educational events, including professional and community group seminars.
Click on the links below to download our presentations:
2023 Lead Exposure: So Many Sources! What's Really Important?
30th Annual Lead Poisoning Prevention Conference held on Friday, November 3, 2023
2022 Fundamentals of Lead Poisoning: Starting with Standards
2021 Lead Poisoning: A Lifetime Challenge
2020 Lead Poisoning Prevention: It’s Still Making News
2019 Lead Poisoning Prevention: A Collaborative Effort
Federal Actions to Eliminate Lead Poisoning
Warren Friedman, PhD, CIH, FAIHA
An Update on New York State Lead Initiatives and New Regulatory Requirements
Kristen A. Navarette, MD, MPH, FAAP
New York City’s Roadmap to Eliminating Childhood Lead Exposure
NYC Commissioner Kathryn Garcia
2018 Lead Poisoning
The Biochemical Effects of Lead Exposure in the Skeleton
Eric E. Beier, PhD
"Background" Level Lead Exposure: A Reproductive Toxicant?"
Michael S. Bloom, PhD, MS
Lead Poisoning: Clinical Effects - A Pediatric Emergency Medicine Perspective
Fred M. Henretig, MD
2017 Lead Poisoning: A Global Problem
Lead Poisoning 101: The Basics
Morri Markowitz, MD
A Developmental Perspective on Lead Neurotoxicity
David C. Bellinger, PhD
2016 Lead Poisoning: Everybody's Battle
Lead 101: The Persistent Problem of Lead Poisoning in Childhood and Pregnancy
Morri Markowitz, MD
The Business Case for Protecting Children from Environmental Hazards
Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP
Effects of Lead on Brain Development and Function and Implications for Academic Achievement
Jay S. Schneider, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University
The Politics of Lead
Matthew J. Chachere
Montefiore (only):
Lead Poisoning: A Pediatrician’s Perspective
Howard Weinberger, MD
Alternative Treatments for Lead Poisoning
Jacqueline Ehrlich, MD, MPH
It Takes a Community: Organizing Around Lead
Stanley Schaffer, MD
Click here to see the 2016 conference brochure.
2015 Lead Poisoning: How Do We Decide What It Is and How to Treat It?
Recent Developments in Environmental and Housing-Related Lead Standards
David E. Jacobs, PhD, CIH
The Case Against Lowering The Action Level For Childhood Blood Lead Levels
George G. Rhoads MD, MPH
How Do We Set Blood Lead Standards?
Deborah A. Cory-Slechta, PhD
Prevention Paradox: Why a Little Lead is Too Much
Bruce Lanphear, MD, MPH
Lead Poisoning in Children and Pregnant Women in 2014: A Worldwide Problem
Lead Poisoning in Children and Pregnant Women 2013: A Persistent Public Health Problem Lead Poisoning 2015: How Do We Decide What It Is and How to Treat It?Lead Poisoning 2015: How Do We Decide What It Is and How to Treat It?