Westcott Community Center Serving the needs of the community

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The Westcott Community Center is a community partner with the City of Syracuse to help keep lead dust away from your young children. 

How much of a hazard is lead dust? More children are poisoned by exposure to lead dust from lead-based paint in older homes than by any other source, usually through normal hand-to-mouth activity after getting lead dust on their hands and toys.

The program works like this: 

Funded by a grant from US EPA, the City of Syracuse has developed a program designed to measure the lead dust content in homes. Aided by community based organization partners, (like the Westcott Community Center) the City will make available HEPA Vacuums that can be borrowed as needed to control leaded dust.

Click Here to go to the City's Lead Program web site            

For information on product recalls due to lead (and other reasons) go to http://www.cpsc.gov/ .

Matthew J. Driscoll, Mayor