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Rock County health officials describe childhood lead-prevention work, urge universal screening
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Rock County Health Department staff described home visits, environmental testing and funding for the county's childhood lead poisoning prevention program and noted the state has lowered the blood-lead threshold and recommended universal screening at ages 1 and 2.
At a Rock County Board of Supervisors meeting, Katrina Harwood, Rock County health officer and health department director, updated supervisors on the county's childhood lead poisoning prevention program and said Wisconsin Department of Health Services screening recommendations have changed to call for universal testing of children at ages 1 and 2.
Harwood said lead is "a naturally occurring metal that is toxic to humans. Lead poisoning is especially harmful for children and people who are pregnant. It can have lasting effects on health and development over the lifespan." She told the board the state lowered the threshold used for alerts from an older 5 micrograms per deciliter to 3.5 micrograms per deciliter.
The health department described a two-pronged approach: public health nurses focus…
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