Childhood Lead Poisoning 1970-2022: Charting Progress and Needed Reforms.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Childhood lead poisoning prevention in the United States was marked by a largely failed medical approach from 1971 to 1990; an emergent (but small) healthy housing primary prevention strategy from 1991 to 2015; and implementation of large-scale proven interventions since then.

Program

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention & Healthy Housing.

Methods

Historic and recent health and housing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the American Healthy Homes Survey (AHHS) were retrieved to analyze trends and associated policy gaps.

Evaluation

Approximately 590 000 US children aged 1 through 5 years had elevated blood lead levels of 3.5 μg/dL and greater in 2016, and 4.3 million children resided in homes with lead paint in 201

SUBMITTER: Jacobs DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9897265 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar-Apr 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature