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Erie County health official outlines lead-poisoning risks, grant funding for Sandusky homes
Summary
Jeffrey Hayes of the Erie County Health Department told the Sandusky City Commission that children under 6 face the highest risk from lead dust in pre-1978 homes and summarized multiple grant awards that support remediation and healthy-homes work in Sandusky.
Jeffrey Hayes of the Erie County Health Department told the Sandusky City Commission on March 23 that young children are particularly vulnerable to lead exposure from old paint and contaminated soil, and he described how current grant programs are being used to address the problem. "Their brains are not fully developed until the age of 6," Hayes said, adding that small amounts of lead dust from window sills, door jams and soil can raise a child's blood lead level.
Hayes explained how the county tests for elevated blood lead levels through capillary or venous blood tests and said…
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