Local Heroes Ch1

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Artists: Elizabeth O’Brien (author) and Alex Jewson (voice actor)

Lead Safety Message: Chapter 1 – The LEAD Group: Responding to the Problem of Lead Contamination, from the book “LOCAL HEROES: Australian crusades from the environmental frontline” (2002) tells the history of The LEAD Group’s first decade of creating lead safety. Listen to this chapter (and read along at https://lead.org.au/lanv14n2/lanv14n2-11.html) to find out what you can do about lead.

Description of work: Book edited by Kathleen McPhillips; Chapter 1 written by Elizabeth O’Brien; voice mp3 at https://lead.org.au/local-heroes-chapter-1-read-by-Alex-Jewson.mp3 and accessible via: https://lead.org.au/lanv14n2/lanv14n2-11.html read by Alex Jewson ( https://alexjewsonvo.com) . The last few copies of “LOCAL HEROES” book are available for purchase from https://www.leadsafeworld.com/product/local-heroes-book/ cover photo of Elizabeth O’Brien and youngest son by Adrian Hill; book cover design by Tracy Baglin; photo of Alex Jewson by Tivy Siripanich; image collaged in Powerpoint & Paint.

 

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