Jalen Hayre, 25, badly lead-poisoned at age 2, discusses his life and protecting the health of children with his mother, Joanna Ravello, and The Providence Journal.

"You've got to do whatever you can to save those young children from being lead-poisoned," Jalen says.

Read Journal health reporter G. Wayne Miller's full story Friday on providencejournal.com, and in the Providence Sunday Journal.

Jalen Hayre, 25, badly lead-poisoned at age 2, discusses his life and protecting the health of children with his mother, Joanna Ravello, and The Providence Journal.
"You've got to do whatever you can to save those young children from being lead-poisoned," Jalen says.
Read Journal health reporter G. Wayne Miller's full story Friday on providencejournal.com, and in the Providence Sunday Journal.

A collection of interviews,  press conferences and news actualities from the Newsroom of the Providence Journal, Providence, Rhode Island.

News interviews and actualities from  The Providence Journal

From the Newsroom: The Providence Journal

A collection of interviews,  press conferences and news actualities from the Newsroom of the Providence Journal.

Jalen Hayre and his mother, Joanna Ravello, on the lifelong impact of lead poisoning

Activists want rent control in Providence this year. Will City Council move to pass it? The Providence Journal's Amy Russo reports on a recent rally in front of City Hall.

Activists want rent control in Providence this year. Will City Council move to pass it? The Providence Journal's Amy Russo reports on a recent rally in front of City Hall.

The Push for Rent Control in Providence

Drivers killed three pedestrians on North Main Street over the past year. Now, members of a new city task force are trying to figure out why the thoroughfare is so hazardous, and what can be done to make it safer. Journal staff writer Amy Russo reports.

Drivers killed three pedestrians on North Main Street over the past year. Now, members of a new city task force are trying to figure out why the thoroughfare is so hazardous, and what can be done to make it safer. Journal staff writer Amy Russo reports.

What's Causing Pedestrian Deaths on North Main Street?

His father, a farmer, lost 200 acres to the reservoir project in the 1960s, and when Breene wanted to buy his own dairy farm later, he ended up having to buy land outside the management area. “I’d rather be down on Big River.” 

“I always felt bad, because some people had some beautiful places and figured they had to get right out because the reservoir was supposed to be built in the early '70s. Some of the people who were older could have just stayed there, the way it all turned out, and finished out their lives where they were happy.” 

His father, a farmer, lost 200 acres to the reservoir project in the 1960s, and when Breene wanted to buy his own dairy farm later, he ended up having to buy land outside the management area. “I’d rather be down on Big River.” 
“I always felt bad, because some people had some beautiful places and figured they had to get right out because the reservoir was supposed to be built in the early '70s. Some of the people who were older could have just stayed there, the way it all turned out, and finished out their lives where they were happy.”

Jalen Hayre and his mother, Joanna Ravello, on the lifelong impact of lead poisoning

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