Alert: The FDA has sent warning letters to certain companies that claim that their products can remove toxic metals from the body. These products have been found to be ineffective and actually potentially hazardous to the recipient’s health. To read the press release, click here.
Category Archives: Press Releases
FDA Issues Warnings to Marketers of Unapproved Toxic Removal Products
November 8, 2010
JHC Named “Angels Among Us” October Nonprofit!
October 1, 2010
MetroParent Portland Magazine has named JHC as their featured nonprofit for the month of October! Click here to see the new issue- we’re on page 36.
Executive Director Charles McGee, II, Quoted in OPAL Press Release
August 31, 2010
OPAL is holding a rally at City Hall this Wednesday to promote affordable, reliable public transportation, and JHC’s own Executive Director Charles McGee, II, has something to say about the matter: “TriMet fare increases push people off the bus and MAX, forcing poor people to purchase old polluting clunkers and worsening Portland’s public health crisis and indiscriminate emission of greenhouse gases. More pollutants means more childhood asthma, emphysema, cancer and long-term exacerbation of diabetes. More greenhouse gases means more global warming and catastrophic climate change.” Check out the complete Press Release: rallyforthebuspressrelease
Healthy Homes Program Press Release
August 3, 2010
We are highlighting the Healthy Homes Check-Up Program: Local Nonprofit Gives Home Hazard Check-Ups! (Also available in Spanish)
Renewal of CLEARCorps Grant Press Release
July 16, 2010
CLEARCorps USA Awarded New AmeriCorps Funding
Grant Allows Expanded Programs in Lead Abatement and Lead Poisoning
CLEARCorps USA, a national nonprofit organization committed to preventing childhood lead poisoning and educating families and communities towards healthier housing was awarded an AmeriCorps grant for the 15th consecutive year.
For a quote from Executive Director Charles A. McGee, II, and more information about this exciting opportunity, read more …
Around Town with Ramona
June 29, 2009
JHC’s blood lead testing services were featured in the October 2009 edition of Metro Parent Magazine. Click here to learn more…