POLITICAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS COME TOGETHER FOR ST. LOUIS' LEAD SAFE PROGRAM

(L to R) Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Al Jackson, Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-Mo), Children's Health Forum Co-Chair Secretary Jack Kemp and Children's Health Forum Founder and Chair Dr. Benjamin Hooks, listen as St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay talks about the successful elimination of lead from a homeowners home where small children live in St. Louis on May 8, 2006. The Children's Health Forum is devoted to eradicating childhood diseases that are preventable through outreach and education and that disproportionately impact poor and minority communities. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)