LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- Some lawmakers in Lansing want to start a task force to curb the state’s lead exposure problem.
Democratic Senator Adam Hollier is working on the legislation. He says one thing the task force would do is look at existing programs and see which ones can be broadened to include different types of help for things like lead paint removal.
But he says the ultimate goal is to put more money toward fixing the state’s lead problem.
“Most of these proposals say, ‘Hey what we need to do is spend two billion dollars more.’ Okay, well, if we don’t do anything then we’re going to spend three billion dollars in treating the result of us not fixing the first problem,” he says.
Across the state, kids have had elevated lead levels in their blood from lead in drinking water and from exposure to lead based paint and dust.