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Lead poisoning way down
7:36AM ON
04/30/2008
BY
Dave Segal
This is great news, thanks to the hard work of countless RI activists and groups like the Childhood Lead Action Project:
Incidents of lead poisoning among Rhode Island children have “declined dramatically” over the past 10 years, according to a report by the state Department of Health. This news comes with only a few weeks left before the state Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the State’s suit against three former manufacturers of lead paint.
Only 1.3 percent of children tested had elevated levels of lead in their blood, down from 6.6 percent in 1998. In 2007, 388 children were found to have elevated levels for the first time.
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