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A historical perspective on the CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Allwood PB , Falk H , Svendsen ER . Am J Public Health 2022 112 s635-s639 Just over 50 years ago, the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act of 1971 led to the establishment of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Since then, a broad, multifaceted environmental public health effort involving a wide array of government agencies and key stakeholders has led to marked declines in exposure levels and blood lead levels (BLLs) in the United States. Nevertheless, the effect of lead on young children and the resultant public health challenge remains. The scientific advances that have led to a better understanding of the deleterious effects of current lead exposures compel the ongoing public health efforts, with new shifts in emphasis and focus, to eliminate childhood lead poisoning. Although widely distributed in the environment, it is significantly related to poverty and inequity, particularly affecting Black and other minority children. Prevention has been a challenge only partially met, and lead poisoning still endures and remains to be fully eliminated. |
Ubiquitous Lead: Risks, prevention-mitigation programs, and emerging sources of exposure: Introduction and contents of the issue
LeBlanc TT , Svendsen ER , Allwood PB . Am J Public Health 2022 112 S630-s631 Scholars have produced a flow of published research confirming the harmful effects of lead at lower and lower exposure levels. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently uses a blood lead reference value of 3.5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. Children with blood lead levels at or above the reference value are among the top 2.5% of US children with the highest blood lead levels. | Lead poisoning prevention is complex and requires a recalibration of current public health approaches and perspectives. Lead poisoning prevention, as a model for the future of public health, forces us to boldly confront health equity issues such as safe housing, clean drinking water, safe schools and childcare facilities, environmental justice, community infrastructure repair, occupational risks, and so on. We must protect young children from exposure to lead to ensure that future leaders have the mental capacity to confront the challenges ahead. Thus, childhood lead exposure prevention should be a national priority. |
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