Lauren, Mekhi, DT,
Originally our documentary was Gifted Youngins, but we have now decided to go into a different direction. We will still be focusing on kids in the Lehigh Valley, but we’ve decided to look serious health issues in children, lead poisoning. Young children are extremely vulnerable to the toxic effects of lead and can suffer both profound and permanent health effects, including damage to the brain and nervous system.
Over the past two years, a great deal of national attention has been focused towards lead poisoning in cities like Flint Michigian. But Flint isn’t the only place this happening. Recent studies have shown that 1 in 4 kids under the age of 7 in Allentown unsafe levels oflead in their blood. High enough to be considered a risk by CDC (Center for Disease Control).
We hope to undercover the issues surrounding lead poisoning in the Lehigh Valley, why it is the issue so severe and what is being done to combat it.
Our sentence:
We are researching the high levels of lead in the neighborhood and how it’s impacting the community and it’s children.