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Showing posts with label lead paint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lead paint. Show all posts
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Obituary for children's health advocate
Today's Post has the obituary of Dr. Frederick C. Green, who sounded the alarm about lead paint. The National Zoo cleaned its monkey cages several years before the District of Columbia would commit to removing the paint from schools and public housing. He was in the US Army Medical Corps in World War 2 and Korea.
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