Robin Brown’s former home sits on the corner of East 116th and Luke Avenue, in Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Today, the home is abandoned; porch floorboards are torn up, paint chips are peeling off the side of the home, and windows are broken.

However, this vacant home ended up changing Brown’s life in a way she would’ve never expected. Brown says she was driving to pick up her daughter from daycare when she received a phone call from her daughter’s physician with some startling news.

“I got notice of my four-year-old having a lead result of 70 micrograms per deciliter,” Brown recalls.

Her daughter’s lead level was 20 times higher than the federal limit for what is considered deadly for children under five. Her daughter’s physician later told her that Brown’s daughter could’v

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