Vermont’s Annual Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Legislative Report

Vermont’s Annual Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Legislative Report on the status of childhood lead poisoning prevention is submitted pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 1756 and was submitted to the Vermont Legislature on April 15, 2019. Over the past 20 years, Vermont has made steady progress in reducing the number of children with blood lead levels […]



Happy National Public Health Week!

Today is the first day of National Public Health Week! Each year, public health professionals around the country use this week to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation’s health. Today’s theme is Healthy Communities. People’s health, longevity and well-being are connected to their communities — […]



New England-Wide Google Ad Campaign

The New England Lead Coordination Committee (NELCC) ran a Google Ads campaign from April 26 through June 30, 2018, driving traffic to the home buyer’s page on the New England Lead website. The campaign was run on both Google Search and Display networks. Google search advertisements appear as high-level results when a user does a Google search […]



Vermont Legislative Updates

Vermont Legislature passed House Bill H.736, and Governor Phil Scott approved the bill on May 21, 2018.  The revision of Vermont Lead Law authorizes the Vermont Department of Health to apply to USEPA to become an authorized RRP (Renovation, Repair, and Painting) State. Now that the legislation has passed and been approved by the Governor, […]