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Michigan board recommends universal lead screening for infants
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Thu Nov 17, 2016 | 5:28pm EST
Michigan board recommends universal lead screening for infants
By Timothy Mclaughlin
Infants and toddlers in Michigan should undergo mandatory lead screening, a panel of experts said on Thursday, as the Midwestern state continues to grapple with the ongoing effects of a lead crisis linked to contaminated water in the city of Flint.
The Child Lead Poisoning Elimination Board, created in May by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, said that required screening for exposure to the toxic metal would help fill gaps in treatment and prevention that occur under the current targeted blood screening recommendations.
"Because we are not screening all children, we don't know how big of a problem it is and we don't know where these (exposure) hot spots are," Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, director of the Pediatric Residency Program at Hurley Medical Center in Flint and a member of the board, said at a news conference.
The report recommends children be tested at the ages of 9-12 months and again at 24-36 months. This testing would help to identify high-risk areas that would then be subject to more comprehensive remediation efforts.
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Michigan board recommends universal lead screening for infants
By Timothy Mclaughlin
Infants and toddlers in Michigan should undergo mandatory lead screening, a panel of experts said on Thursday, as the Midwestern state continues to grapple with the ongoing effects of a lead crisis linked to contaminated water in the city of Flint.
The Child Lead Poisoning Elimination Board, created in May by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, said that required screening for exposure to the toxic metal would help fill gaps in treatment and prevention that occur under the current targeted blood screening recommendations.
"Because we are not screening all children, we don't know how big of a problem it is and we don't know where these (exposure) hot spots are," Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, director of the Pediatric Residency Program at Hurley Medical Center in Flint and a member of the board, said at a news conference.
The report recommends children be tested at the ages of 9-12 months and again at 24-36 months. This testing would help to identify high-risk areas that would then be subject to more comprehensive remediation efforts.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-michigan-water-idUSKBN13C2Q2
