LEWISTON — A state law that placed more stringent guidelines on addressing childhood lead poisoning has shown considerable results since it was implemented in 2016, housing advocates said Thursday. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the first year of the law’s implementation, from September 2016 to September 2017, 386 additional […]
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Two hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning in Naples
NAPLES (AP) — Two people had to be taken to a hospital due to carbon monoxide poisoning in Naples. Fire Chief Chris Pond told The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/2n9qY8k ) carbon monoxide levels inside the single-family home were dangerously high at nearly 1,000 parts per million on Monday afternoon — levels that could have been […]
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Lewiston Somalis find lead in homes
In 2000 and 2001, Somali refugees poured into Lewiston. And while they found a home there, they also found trouble. “The initial crisis was getting people off the streets, off of homelessness, into homes,” said Fatuma Hussein, head of United Somali Women of Maine. “We didn’t know what we were getting into.” What the Somali […]
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Regulators rarely enforce law that protects homeowners from lead
Thousands of Maine children and hundreds of thousands across the country are being exposed to poisonous lead paint because a federal law designed to protect them is barely being enforced. The 2010 law, the “Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule,” requires that contractors must be trained in and follow lead-safe practices that prevent the spread […]
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Whitefield couple hospitalized with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
WHITEFIELD — Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected after an elderly Whitefield couple was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Christmas morning. A neighbor checking on the couple at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday found the 84-year-old woman and 83-year-old man unconscious in their home on Heath Road, according to Lt. Rand Maker of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. […]