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What’s Up at IKE? By Tom Neltner, IKE’s President When I have gone birding, someone invariably spots a fascinating bird just as it flies from the tree. All I see is a blur — often a colorful blur! Rarely, does the bird hold still long enough for me to really get a good look. Writing this newsletter is much the same for me. The projects and issues that IKE is working on often move so quickly that they are difficult to capture in a timely manner to capture in a newsletter. I often rewrite the article at the last minute to deal with late-breaking news. In addition, each quarter, there is more to report. To avoid losing important information, this newsletter expanded from 4 to 8 pages in December and now it is 12 pages. The other option is to go with 8 point font, and my eyes aren’t strong enough to handle that!
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April 2000 Issue
Lead-Poisoning:
- IKE publishes Draft Recommendations to Indiana's Governor to enhance administrations lead poisoning prevention efforts.
- Should Indiana require mandatory reporting of all blood lead tests or only positive venous tests? State to decide on May 10.
- Medicaid testing report shows that data is incomplete.
- HUD rules bring big changes to maintenance work.
- May 11 Indiana Statewide Lead Poisoning Conference in Indy.
- Who needs training? Retail paint suppliers!
- IN State Dept. of Health sets short-term goals.
- Bureaucratic snafu stifles help to at-risk families.
- Tighter standards for Muncie' secondary lead smelter - tighter than EPA requires
- Don't make a mess! Indiana requires clean-up of lead paint chips left on ground from renovation and remodeling.
General IKE Issues:
- Jan. 27, 2000 IKE Advisory Council Meeting at DowAgroSciences discussed pesticide exposures to children.
- April 27, 2000 IKE Advisory Council Meeting at EMI in Indy to discuss linkages between public health priorities and environmental programs.
- White River fish kill and implications for the public's right-to-know
- Reforming public health information slowed when SB-397 dies.
- Going fishing? Read the Indiana Fish Advisory carefully.
Pesticides:
- Indy high school evacuated due to pesticides on March 7, 2000
- Indiana's pesticide recommendations under consideration as a national model.
Combined Sewer Overflows:
- Right to be notified about each overflow moves a step towards reality: Indiana General Assembly requires rules by 9/1/01.
- Congresswoman Julia Carson sends letter to EPA to get action on IKE's civil rights complaint against the City of Indianapolis.
- IKE begins analysis of CSOs in Indiana's portion of Great Lakes basin.
Mercury, Air Toxics, and Consumer Products:
- IKE, IDEM and Ogden Martin team up to reduce mercury in healthcare industry.
- Air toxics monitoring for four Indiana counties: Elkhart, Lake, Marion and Vanderburgh
- Toxics Release Inventory Reports from Indiana's electric generating facilities.
- Consumer product poisonings.