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Peeling-Paint

Mandel School's Rob Fischer discusses how aging housing stock accounts for many lead poisoning cases in Cleveland

MEDIA | May 28, 2021
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

WEWSRob Fischer, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, said the majority of lead poisoning cases in Cleveland come from rental properties; children can be exposed to lead through lead-based paint that is prevalent on much of the city's aging housing stock.