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Objective: 
Reduce the number of tested children under age six who have blood lead levels >10µg/dL.
  NH Baseline 1999 820 of 14,610 tested  children < age 6 years20
  US Baseline 1991-1994 4.4%6
  NH Target 2010 410 of tested children  < age 6 years

Lead exposure threatens the neurological development and lives of young children. The decline in childhood lead poisoning in the last decades of the 20th century, resulting from broad based screening and effective community clean up efforts, represents a public health success. In spite of the success achieved, more remains to be done before childhood lead poisoning becomes a disease of the past.

 

 

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