Friday, June 1, 2012

Health officials toughen lead poisoning standard for children

From The Wall Street Journal (5/16):

The CDC announced a new lead poisoning standard that lowered the threshold for children younger than 6 from 10 micrograms to 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. Although the impact of the revision remains unclear, the standard could increase the number of children with high levels of lead to as many as 450,000.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303360504577408391761980840.html?KEYWORDS=pediatrics&mod=dist_smartbrief

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