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Important Court of Appeals Decision on a Landlord's Responsibility to Know Lead Laws

Landlords take note: Indiana Court of Appeals says ignorance of lead laws is no excuse. In an opinion issued on June 9, the court found a Decatur County landlord was “negligent per se” under Indiana law for failing to follow federal requirements related to lead-based paint. Read more.

Air Pollution and Pregnancy: Information from U.S. EPA for Prenatal Healthcare Providers and parents-to-be about protecting your child from tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide, ozone, particle pollution, paint fumes and cleaning chemicals during pregnancy. Read more.

What's New At IKE?

-- Draft pesticide in schools rule posted on-line. Public hearing planned for 9 a.m., Aug. 2 at Purdue. (7/1/10)

-- Read about an important Indiana Court of Appeals decision on landlords' responsibility to comply with federal lead laws. (7/1/10)

-- Helpful information from U.S. EPA posted for parents-to-be about protecting your unborn child from air pollution. (7/1/10)

-- Indoor Air Quality inspection report by ISDH of Hamilton Heights Elementary School posted on-line. (7/1/10)

-- June 2010 Children's Environmental Health Newsletter now available. (5/28/10)

-- ISDH 2009-2010 reports on indoor air inspections at several Indiana schools have been posted (5/31/10)

-- Reports on environmental risks in Martindale Brightwood posted, along with recent meeting materials (5/3/10)

-- Commissioner Easterly's response to IKE coalition letter on mercury monitoring. (4/25/10)

-- IKE and five other organizations co-signed a letter to IDEM Commissioner Easterly about suspension of mercury monitoring in Indiana. Read the letter here. (4/1/10)

--Presentations from Mar. 27 Contaminated Properties/Brownfields Workshop in Martindale-Brightwood now available.

-- Green Congregations Workshop to be held June 5 at Christian Theological Seminary. Agenda now available.

-- IKE's Children's Environmental Health Newsletter for March 2010 now available.

-- IKE receives $50,000 grant from Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust to help low-income families reduce lead hazards in their homes. (3/16/10)

-- Listen to a U.S. EPA podcast featuring former IKE executive director Janet McCabe, now Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of the EPA Office of Air and Radiation.

--Join us Mar. 27 in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood for a workshop on contaminated properties and brownfields. (3/10/10)

--Antibiotics in Animal Production: See IKE Board Member Dr. Stephen Jay's presentation on Capitol Hill on March 2, 2010. (3/10/10)

--Several IKE board members visited the Indianapolis Star Editorial Board on Feb. 24, 2010. View our press kit on environmental threats to kids' success in school here (2/24/10)

--IKE Welcomes Jodi Perras as New Executive Director (2/1/10)

--Model Healthy Housing codes available here (1/11/10)

--IN Lead Safe Housing Advisory Council Final Report available here (11/30/09)

--IKE 10th Anniversary Report available here (11/30/09)

--2009 Lead-Safe & Healthy Homes Conference Materials available here (11/6/09)

-- Video on Indiana Lead Poisoning available here (8/4/09)

--Environmental Health Summit Presentations available here (5/24/09)

--Revised Lead Pamphlets available for Tenants, Contractors and Property Managers here (9/30/08)

--Check actions to implement Indiana's 2008 Lead Poisoning Prevention Law here (8/11/08)

--Find a contractor trained in Lead Safe Work Practices here (4/17/08)

--Lead Safe Work Practices video: watch here (1/28/08)

--2007 Supplement to IKE Lead Law Manual available now (11/2/07)

Under a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, IKE is working with the
Martindale Brightwood Environmental Justice Collaborative to identify and prioritize environmental
health threats in their community.

IKE and several other organizations have co-signed a letter to IDEM Commissioner Easterly, expressing concern about the suspension of mercury monitoring in Indiana. This mercury monitoring network provides important information on the amount of mercury in Indiana’s environment and supported a national network of mercury monitoring.

Get more information about how you can help your faith community practice environmental stewardship.

Reduce air pollution and asthma at your neighborhood school and save gas costs by adopting
a no-idle policy and educating kids and parents about turning their engines off when waiting
in a parking lot.