I think the lead exposure project is quite interesting but isn’t this already done by LEEP which spun out of Charity Entrepreneurship a while back? What’s the rationale for another organization here? Or is RoryFenton already involved in that project.
LEEP is indeed working on this—I mentioned them in my original comment but I have no connection to them. I was thinking of a campaign on the $100M/year scale, comparable to Bloomberg’s work on tobacco. That could definitely be LEEP, my sense (from quick Googling and based purely on the small size of their reported team) is they would have to grow a lot to take on that kind of funding, so there could also be a place for a large existing advocacy org pivoting to lead elimination. I have not at all thought through the implementation side of things here.
I think taking this forward would be awesome, and I’m potentially interested to contribute. So consider this comment an earmarking for me to come speak with you and / or Rory about this at a later date :)
I think the lead exposure project is quite interesting but isn’t this already done by LEEP which spun out of Charity Entrepreneurship a while back? What’s the rationale for another organization here? Or is RoryFenton already involved in that project.
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LEEP is indeed working on this—I mentioned them in my original comment but I have no connection to them. I was thinking of a campaign on the $100M/year scale, comparable to Bloomberg’s work on tobacco. That could definitely be LEEP, my sense (from quick Googling and based purely on the small size of their reported team) is they would have to grow a lot to take on that kind of funding, so there could also be a place for a large existing advocacy org pivoting to lead elimination. I have not at all thought through the implementation side of things here.
Hi! We at LEEP would also be excited about a campaign at something like $100 million/year—great to see you submitted the idea Rory. We recently wrote this proposal aimed at the Biden administration with some of our ideas: https://www.dayoneproject.org/post/eliminating-childhood-lead-poisoning-worldwide
And yes, we’re currently a small team (3 FTE), but hoping to expand significantly later this year!
I think taking this forward would be awesome, and I’m potentially interested to contribute. So consider this comment an earmarking for me to come speak with you and / or Rory about this at a later date :)