Toxic City- West Philadelphia

Philadelphia ranks at one of the top large U.S. cities at risk for childhood lead poisoning, yet landlords still ignore the law of having their properties certified as lead safe. Last year alone, nearly, 2,700 children tested in Philadelphia had harmful levels of lead in their blood, yet the issue still goes unnoticed. Typically areas with the highest poverty rate, as well as a high rate of homes built before 1980, are the ares with the highest levels of lead present. Overbrook and Wynnefield are two of the areas that rank at one of the highest areas with lead poisoned children. I still wonder how they've let this issue go on for so long. These homes were built before 1980, why didn't anyone think of renovations, or landlords being fired for not checking the lead levels?