Rhode Island AG Hosted Lead Safety Celebration Day

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha—along with local officials, state legislators, and community partners—held an event to raise awareness about lead exposure and celebrate the state’s 2023 lead poisoning legislation, which AG Neronha had introduced to the assembly. “Today’s event is certainly a celebration of our collective legislative achievements, but perhaps more importantly, a kickoff for the work ahead of us,” said AG Neronha. “These lead-related victories don’t happen in a silo; the passage of these laws took intergovernmental collaboration, community advocacy, and a staunch commitment to eliminating this significant health issue. Now that we have laws to enforce compliance, we need that same coalition to ensure that landlords are held accountable and necessary remediation takes place. Once again, I am very grateful to our sponsors, supporters, and advocates in the General Assembly and the community who helped pass these crucial laws, and I invite all Rhode Islanders to join us in eradicating childhood lead poisoning.”