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High Lead and Low Iron
What You Need to Know to Keep Your Baby Safe
By Kelly Burgess
However, in spite of that acknowledgment of risk, the same CDC statement goes on to say that it has declined to lower the level of concern in children's blood lead levels. The first two reasons they give for not doing so are puzzling, at best, in light of recent technological advances in testing blood lead levels and reducing exposure. More puzzling is the CDC's final statement, that because there is, apparently, no safe blood lead level, they refuse to lower their level of concern. Advocates for what would basically be a zero tolerance policy on blood lead levels say that the CDC should just come right out and say there are no safe blood lead levels, rather than offering that confusing and basically contradictory statement.
One of these advocates is Dr. Bruce P. Lanphear, director of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Environmental Health Center. Dr. Lanphear points out that a recent study found that 4- to 5-year-old children with blood levels greater than 2 µg/dl were more likely to have parent reported ADHD. One in five children who have doctor reported ADHD also had elevated lead exposure.
"When you see problems in kids with blood levels reater than 2 µg/dl it's a problem," Dr. Lanphear says. "We should be serious about controlling the environment so there is virtually no exposure to lead by children at all."
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