• Administration
• Health Services
• Environmental Services
• Ambient Air Monitoring
• Bay Mills Indian Community Tribal Sanitarian
• Grand Traverse Band Tribal Sanitarian Contrac
• LEAD
• Little River Band Tribal Sanitarian Contract
• New Source Review
• Source Water Protection
• Sanitarian
• UST
• Wetlands
• Tribal Energy
• Behavioral Health Services
• Child and Family Services
• Michigan Indian Child Welfare Agency
• Michigan Indian Tuition Waiver

LEAD

The U.S. had made progress in eliminating some significant sources of lead in recent years.  The use of leaded gasoline was phased out during the early 1990s.  Leaded plumbing solder and lead solder on food cans were both banned during the 1980s.  Lead-based paint was banned in 1978; however today there are still about 30 million homes that contain some lead paint.  Soil that has been contaminated by leaded gasoline emissions over the years in the soil near highways and busy roads continue to contaminate many yards.  Thousands of old lead pipes that continue to serve as water service lines in many older U.S. cities also continue to leach lead into drinking water.
 
The good news is that lead poisoning is preventable.  Families need to be informed about various sources of lead and need to be vigilant in preventing exposure.  The Inter-Tribal Council is providing the following materials that we hope readers will use as resources to prevent lead poisoning.

To view Prevention click here
To view Where is Lead? click here
To view Dangers of Lead Poisoning click here
To view Symptoms of Lead Poisoning click here
To view Treatment of Lead Poisoning click here

Through the use of a direct implementation tribal cooperative agreement (DITCA), Inter-Tribal Council (ITC) Lead (Pb) Program Compliance Officer is responsible for ensuring that this regulated universe is in compliance with the  Compliance assistance is provided to the tribal housing authorities/home owners of regulated Lead Renovation, Remodeling and Painting to ensure that RRP rule is fully implemented and understood on the tribal reservations.  The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan Inc. Environmental Services Division offers compliance assistance to all regulated tribal housing authorities, both fee land and trust land that are located within the reservation boundaries of the participating tribes.  By providing compliance assistance, the Tribes can not only be re-assured protection of their tribal families, but also be prepared before EPA conducts an inspection of their facility.

Sheri Laaksonen
Environmental Technician
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.
2956 Ashmun Street – Sault Ste. Marie,  MI  49783
906.632.6896 x 121
sheril@itcmi.org