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Photo courtesy John Winters Thanks to The Boren Foundation, and Jack and Karen Kay Leonard for making this website possible. |
What's Up At IKE?--Find a contractor trained in Lead Safe Work Practices here (4/17/08) --April 2008 Lead Safe and Healthy Homes Newsletter available here (4/4/08) --House and Senate pass Lead Poisoning Bill---more here (3/17/08) --IKE objects to clean air status for Lake and Porter Counties. Comment letter here (3/11/08) --February 2008 Environmental Newsletter available here (2/10/08) --IKE Op Ed on Lead (2/3/08) --Indianapolis Green Commission issues recommendations, summary (1/28/08) --Lead Safe Work Practices video: watch here (1/28/08) !!!Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Bill of 2008 (1/24/08) --IKE welcomes Administrative Assistant Lauren Stanisic! (1/11/08) --December 2007 Lead Safe and Healthy Homes Newsletter available here (12/19/07) --Second Annual Green Sanctuary Workshop materials here (12/1/07) --National Recall of jewelry marked "Lead Free" here (11/20/07) --2007 Supplement to IKE Lead Law Manual available now (11/2/07) --2007 Lead Safe and Healthy Homes Conference Recap (10/31/07) --IKE Comment on Proposed Ozone standard (10/9/07) --September 2007 Lead Safe and Healthy Homes Newsletter available (9/3/07) --August 2007 Newsletter available (8/10/07) --Weatherization can cause lead dust hazards, NCHH study finds (7/8/-70) --IKE urges USEPA not to rule Lake and Porter Counties meet ozone health standard (7/2/07) --Model Housing Code Provisions (ISDH/IKE) available to help local governments strengthen their health/housing codes (6/15/07) --ISDH report to General Assembly on 2006 Lead Poisoning activities available here (5/18/07) --USEPA agrees to act on lead in toy jewelry, settling legal challenge by IKE and Sierra Club. More information here (4/20/07) --CPSC issues advance notice of rulemaking on lead in toy jewelry. Comments due March 12 (1-15-07) --IKE and IN Builders Assn publish results of survey on contractors and asthma (12-13-06) --IKE joins Sierra Club in legal challenge to EPA's refusal to address lead in toy jewelry (9/23/06) --IKE sends letter to Consumer Product Safety Commission about lead in toys (9/8/06) --IKE publishes comprehensive summary of lead-based paint law in Indiana--a great resource! (8/10/06) -EPAand CPSC respond to Sierra Club and IKE's Petition on Lead in Toy Jewelry (5/29/06). EPA asks for comment by June 15!! -IKE submits comments to Indianapolis Air Board on outdoor wood boilers (5/8/06) -IKE submits comments on EPA's Renovation, Remodeling and Paint Rule (5/8/06) -IKE Teaches about Fish and Lead Safety at Earth Day Festival (4-22) -IKE Joins Sierra Club in Petition to Ban Lead in Toy Jewelry -IKE Urges EPA to Strengthen Fine Particle Health Standards -ISDH Issues 2005 Lead Poisoning Report -Local Grocery Store Wild Oats Recognizes IKE as a Wooden Nickel Nonprofit for 2006 - Toolkit to Assess Paint and Hardware Stores - Inept But At Your Service: Can You Trust Your Hardware Store? - 2004 Survey - Indiana's 667 hi-risk neighborhoods for lead poisoning - Lead myths and Windows of Opportunity Presentation Other Key Events
IKE tracks events surrounding Chemical Spill That Devastated Indiana's Upper White River |
Welcome to IKE!
Improving Kids' Environment is a non-profit, advocacy coalition based in Indianapolis dedicated to improving children’s health through reductions in environmental threats to children.
IKE will help children reach their full potential by working with citizens, non-profit organizations, governments, businesses, and others to:
Identify environmental health threats to children;
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Ensure that parents and others who help children have effective access to information about these threats and the means to prevent them;
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Support the activities of those organizations striving to remove, reduce, and communicate these threats; and
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Promote practical means to remove or reduce recognized, serious threats that are not being addressed effectively.
IKE works on environmental threats in homes, schools, daycares and communities. Use the links below to find information about:
**PRODUCT RECALLS** (link to Product Recalls)
Fact Sheet on Lead in Consumer Products and Toys
Fact Sheet on Testing for Lead in Consumer Products
FAQ and Other Resources from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Keeping it in perspective: Lead in Homes Still the Biggest Threat to kids--
IKE Letter to the Editor of the Indianapolis Star on August 22
Sept. 23 Article in LA Times
IKE can use your support! Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution by mail to 1201 N. Central Ave, #9, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 or use Justgive.org.
Janet G. McCabe is IKE's Executive Director. Contact her at:
1201 N. Central Ave. #9
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-902-3610
Fax: 866-234-8505
Email: mccabe@ikecoalition.org
