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A new, lower threshold for lead poisoning in children means more kids will get tested – but the ultimate solution is eliminating lead sources

  • Written by Gabriel Filippelli, Chancellor's Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Center for Urban Health, IUPUI
imageTesting kids for lead exposure starts with a fingertip prick. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its blood lead reference value – the level at which children ages 1-5 are considered to have high exposure to lead. Since 2012, this threshold had been set at 5 micrograms of lead per...

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