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$60,000 in Funding Awarded to Four Cities For Lead Reduction Projects Nationwide Healthy Babies Bright Futures selected cities in Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee to receive new project funding WASHINGTON DC — The Healthy Babies Bright Futures’ (HBBF) Bright Cities program is thrilled to announce their latest round of grant funding for cities across the US that proposed lead service line replacement projects. The awards, totaling $60,000, will be split between four cities whose proposals

Healthy Babies Bright Futures’ statement on Closer to Zero’s proposed action levels — after years of FDA’s stalling.

Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF) and the Mayors Innovation Project (MIP) are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 Healthy Babies Initiative. Awards were granted to the five cities whose proposals represented their ability to scale and tailor one of five existing strategies to equitably reduce neurotoxic exposures for babies with resilience co-benefits.

New data shows that Walmart, Sprout, and Plum baby food brands have willingly sold products whose arsenic levels were well over FDA’s 100 ppb protective limit. These findings prove that even after repeated warnings and reports, companies continue to focus on profit over people.