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Article: HEALTH OFFICIALS, PARTNERS OBSERVE LEAD POISONING PREVENTION WEEK

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October 21, 2008
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The Minnesota Department of Health issued the following news release:

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is joining with many partners to highlight the need for continued efforts to reduce childhood lead poisoning during National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Oct. 19-25. Despite recent progress in reducing childhood lead poisoning in the state, lead exposure remains a significant environmental health risk, state health officials said today.

The number of Minnesota children diagnosed with lead poisoning is less than one-fourth of what it was just 12 years ago, according to MDH data. That reduction mirrors a national trend in which blood lead levels have declined dramatically. The ...

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