A pair of Indiana University experts were among those who testified in Indianapolis to the Indiana arm of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights about the status of lead exposure in the state.
Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute director Janet McCabe and ERI environmental historian fellow Elizabeth Grennan Browning testified to the Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights about the state’s plans to respond to lead poisoning problems and how barriers like environmental racism have slowed that response.
The public briefing was held to examine the challenges facing diverse communities and the possible disproportionate exposure to lead in Indiana.
