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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code of Ordinances in multiple locations with provisions related to lead safety and mitigation in order to reduce, and thereby mitigate the health risks of, exposure of City residents, and particularly young children, to lead (Pb) hazards.
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WHEREAS lead, the metal (Pb), is a neurotoxin that adversely affects many body systems, including the nervous, circulatory, endocrine, immune, renal, skeletal and muscular systems;
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WHEREAS the adverse effects of lead exposure and poisoning are cumulative and largely permanent;
Joint State Government Commission of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Lead Exposure Risks and Responses in Pennsylvania: Report of the Advisory Committee and Task Force on Lead Exposure, at 1 (April 2019).
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