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NHPR Looks at Lead Paint Hazards in New Hampshire

NHPR Looks at Lead Paint Hazards in New Hampshire

Map outlining the spread of lead poisoning and lead hazard cases across New Hampshire. In January, NHPR spent a week exploring the issue. (Courtesy Department of Health and Human Services)

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Lead Paint Contact List

STATEWIDE

Department of Health and Human Services: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

BERLIN

Mary Jo Landry, Executive Director
Berlin Housing Authority
10 Serenity Circle
Berlin, NH 03570
Phone: 752-4240

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Special Features 2004

NHPR Supports the Work of Community Nonprofits NHPR and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation have produced a series of public service announcements which seek to permanently raise the level of giving in our state. Listen to them here.
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Special Features 2005


Writers on a New England Stage A partnership between New Hampshire Public Radio and the Music Hall in Portsmouth, in collaboration with RiverRun Bookstore. The series brings award-winning, nationally-recognized authors to the Music Hall stage to talk about their works with NHPR's Laura Knoy.

NHPR Supports the Work of Community Nonprofits NHPR and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation have produced a series of public service announcements which seek to permanently raise the level of giving in our state. Listen to them here.

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Special Features 2006


Writers on a New England Stage A partnership between New Hampshire Public Radio and the Music Hall in Portsmouth, in collaboration with RiverRun Bookstore. The series brings award-winning, nationally-recognized authors to the Music Hall stage to talk about their works with NHPR's Laura Knoy.


A Letter From Iraq NHPR's Mark Bevis speaks with members of the New Hampshire National Guard stationed at Camp Victory in Baghdad.

Great Waters Folk Festival NHPR presents exclusive performances from the 2006 festival, including Cheryl Wheeler, Mary Gauthier and Judy Collins.


Election 2006 NHPR's full coverage of the midterm elections, from candidate interviews and news features to Election Day photos and full results.

Culture Lessons: Stories of Students at Manchester Central High School Over 60 different languages are spoken in the classrooms, hallways and sports fields of Manchester Central. In 2006, independent producer John Rudolph joined with NHPR to look at New Hampshire's oldest and most diverse high school.

Congressional Handoff Series: As two sitting Republicans left and two Democrats prepared to take their place on Capitol Hill, NHPR spoke with each of the four to hear their thoughts about Congress, their respective parties, and the challenges facing the country.


Alstead: One Year Later The floods of fall 2005 killed seven people, swept away homes and roads and caused millions of dollars in damage in southwest New Hampshire. NHPR looks at how the region is remembering the floods and working to move forward.

Front Porch Summer Arts Series: The Front Porch has always been the place on the radio for in-depth conversations about the rich arts and culture scene in New Hampshire. This summer, we're expanding that coverage with in-studio performances and conversations with some of the most respected thinkers and creators around.

NHPR Supports the Work of Community Nonprofits NHPR and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation have produced a series of public service announcements which seek to permanently raise the level of giving in our state. Listen to them here.

Consumer Driven Health Care: Should You Hop On Board? More and more employers are taking a hard look at this new movement in health care, high deductible plans tied to spending accounts that patients control. NHPR presents a special week of programs and stories about consumer driven care - what these plans look like, why they might help, and where they might fall short.

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Special Features from NHPR News


Lead Paint's Legacy Lead paint was banned from American homes in 1978 but the state still sees an average of about 250 cases of lead poisoning each year. NHPR looks at this persistent problem.

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Special Features on The Exchange


Writers on a New England Stage A partnership between New Hampshire Public Radio and the Music Hall in Portsmouth, in collaboration with RiverRun Bookstore. The series brings award-winning, nationally-recognized authors to the Music Hall stage to talk about their works with NHPR's Laura Knoy.


The Exchange Commissioner Series The Exchange talks with New Hampshire's top commissioners about their priorities in 2007 and the challenges they may face.

Lead Paint's Legacy Lead paint was banned from American homes in 1978 but the state still sees an average of about 250 cases of lead poisoning each year. NHPR looks at this persistent problem.


Election 2006 NHPR's full coverage of the midterm elections, from candidate interviews and news features to Election Day photos and full results.

Culture Lessons: Stories of Students at Manchester Central High School Over 60 different languages are spoken in the classrooms, hallways and sports fields of Manchester Central. In 2006, independent producer John Rudolph joined with NHPR to look at New Hampshire's oldest and most diverse high school.
Alstead: One Year Later The floods of fall 2005 killed seven people, swept away homes and roads and caused millions of dollars in damage in southwest New Hampshire. NHPR looks at how the region is remembering the floods and working to move forward.

Consumer Driven Health Care: Should You Hop On Board? More and more employers are taking a hard look at this new movement in health care, high deductible plans tied to spending accounts that patients control. NHPR presents a special week of programs and stories about consumer driven care - what these plans look like, why they might help, and where they might fall short.

listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).

Special Features on The Front Porch


Front Porch Summer Arts Series: The Front Porch has always been the place on the radio for in-depth conversations about the rich arts and culture scene in New Hampshire. This summer, we're expanding that coverage with in-studio performances and conversations with some of the most respected thinkers and creators around.
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Refugees Hit Hardest by Lead Poisonings

By Amy Quinton on Tuesday, January 30, 2007.

Today we begin our series on childhood lead poisoning and how the state is responding to it.

This heavy metal can be disastrous to a child's health - a fact that has been known since the early 1900's. By 1909, France, Belgium and Austria had banned the use of lead paint inside homes.

Such paint is not the only source of the metal, but today, it is the most widespread.

America also banned lead paint - in 1978. But almost three decades later, New Hampshire still confronts about 250 cases of lead poisoning each year.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Amy Quinton has our first report.

She looks at the one group that has been hit hardest by lead poisoning - newly arrived refugees from Africa.

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The Birth of New Music

By Liz Bulkley on Tuesday, January 30, 2007.

Vienna was quite the place to be if you were a musician in the eighteenth century. Composers like Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven and others were creating a new sound that would forever change the face of Western Music. This weekend, the Concord Chorale and the Granite State Symphony Orchestra are teaming up for a concert that pays tribute to the great composers of Austria. We’ll preview the show with the groups' directors, and we’ll find out what it was about Vienna that brought this sound together.

Our guests are:

Ryan Turner, director of the Concord Chorale.

Robert Babb, music director of the Granite State Symphony Orchestra.

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