Interpreting and Managing Blood Lead Levels 10 ΜgdL in Children and Reducing Childhood Exposures to Lead

7/23/2019 Interpreting and Managing Blood Lead Levels 10 gdL in Children and Reducing Childhood Exposures to Lead

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Interpreting and Managing Blood Lead Levels $ C"C defined the !lood lead level ;LL< that shold promptp!lic health actions as >5g/dL+ Concrrently$ C"C also recogni?ed that a LL of >5g/dL did not define athreshold for the harmfl effects of lead ;633> has strengthened the evidencethat children@s physical and mental development can !e affected at LLs >5g/dL ;1,7


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"ring 440041$ a %or'grop of C"C@s Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention;ACCLPP< revie%ed the scientific literatre regarding adverse health effects associated %ith LLs>5g/dL$ inclding 45 p!lished reports that analy?ed >6 separate poplations %ith =ntelligence Botient;=B< or general cognitive index otcomes and >4 p!lications related to other health otcomes+ =n its 47report$ the %or'grop conclded that an inverse association exists !et%een LLs and cognitive fnction$ %ithno evidence of a %ea'er association in poplations %ith lo%er LLs ; 15g/dL shold not !e classified as Flead poisoned+F The report notedthat no safe level for !lood lead in children has !een identified ;1 5g/dL on developmentalotcomes ;9,:


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clinically asymptomatic+ ecase no safe LL has !een defined ;15g/dL$ a la!oratory might operate %ithin an error range of25g/dL and still meet federal proficiency standards+ &or example$ an actal vale of !lood lead at . 5g/dLcold !e reported as !eing any vale ranging from 55g/dL to >>5g/dL and still remain %ithin the allo%a!leerror limit+ A stdy of dplicate testing of identical !lood samples ;all %ith a mean !lood lead vale>5g/dL< at eight la!oratories reported all reslts as > 5g/dL and %ithin 55g/dL of the overall mean forthat specimen vale ;195g/dL %ithot difficlty ;1:75g/dL ;122075g/dL+

Children!s BLL $atterns

LLs increase Gic'ly after an acte exposre$ then gradally ;over %ee's< reach eGili!rim %ith !odystores of lead+ Lead is distri!ted nevenly %ithin the hman !ody) in children$ approximately .J is storedin the !one compartment ;062209


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remain >5g/dL+ Ho%ever$ in clinical practice$ even shold additional research data !ecome availa!le$la!oratory ncertainty might interfere %ith a clinician@s a!ility to detect patterns for individal children+

nce a high LL has !een esta!lished in a child$ the time reGired for the LL to decline to > 5g/dL canrange from months to years$ depending on the dration and dose of exposre+ &or example$ for a grop ofchildren starting at a LL of >00>15g/dL and receiving case management services$ the mean time reGired

for 7J to achieve a LL >5g/dL %as 3 months ;7:5g/dL todecline in response to interventions is n'no%n+

(ltiple stdies have confirmed that !lood lead measrements vary seasonally+ &or example$ a stdycondcted in oston reported that LLs %ere highest in late ,ne and lo%est in (arch ; 7


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All children !enefit from parental nrtring$ regardless of their LL+ &or example$ a child@s langage s'illsare enhanced !y the amont of langage addressed to the child ;more is !etter3100>373 and 2J of those !ilt dring >3600>3..) estimates are higher forhomes in the Northeast and (id%est and for homes in %hich yong children reside ;1753 million for this prpose$ administered throgh seven differentgrant types+ ther federal programs provide fnding to eliminate lead0!ased paint ha?ards in federally assistedhosing+ Typically$ the focs of these programs is on hosing reha!ilitation and activities that remediate leadha?ards after children are identified %ith elevated LLs$ !t H:"0fnded local programs also no% incldeprimary prevention interventions that control or eliminate lead !efore children are exposed+

C"C is %or'ing %ith H:"$ the :+S+ Environmental Protection Agency ;EPA


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promote primary prevention strategies to redce exposre to lead ;1,87,84


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property o%ners %ho %ish to perform dst %ipe sampling may conslt their local health or hosingdepartments for advice regarding sampling procedres$ interpretation of reslts$ and frther actions !ased onreslts+

&or a lead0safe environment to !e esta!lished in older !ildings$ repair of lead ha?ards and carefl attention tomaintenance is necessary+ Ho%ever$ local ordinances typically do not reGire action ntil a child@s LL is

elevated$ and property o%ners might !e na%are of lead ha?ards or ignore them+ Primary prevention ispossi!le only if the focs on safety in older hosing is increased and lead ha?ards are repaired proactively!efore a child is exposed+ =n all pre0>3.2 properties$ o%ners shold se lead0safe %or' techniGes %henimplementing rotine maintenance to decrease the li'elihood of lead ha?ards developing in a home+

Home renovation or repair is 'no%n to !e a ris' factor for increasing or elevated LLs$ principally throghexposres to the dst reside generated dring the %or' ; 76,962299< relocating families %hen the %or' %arrants$ 4< minimi?ing the amont of dst created$ 55g/dL+

ecome informed a!ot lead exposre prevention strategies of local or state health departments and

partner %ith p!lic health agencies$ commnity grops$ and parents to %or' to%ard esta!lishing

lead0safe environments in homes and schools for all children and the redction of exposre to leadfrom all sorces+ Advocate for the expansion of services that foster lead poisoning primaryprevention+

or 2overnment "gencies

=ncrease efforts to resolve lead0!ased paint ha?ards safely !efore children are exposed+

Expand services that promote lead poisoning primary prevention and develop systems that ena!le

clinicians and parents to learn a!ot sch services+

"evelop and implement strategies to encorage the safe elimination of lead ha?ards in properties

sing trained %or'ers and lead0safe %or' practices$ in compliance %ith federal$ state$ and localreglations+

Esta!lish Drisdictional policies that mandate ensring lead safety in hosing and enforce these

mandates+

"evelop and apply systematic approaches to prevent exposres to even small amonts of lead in

food or consmer prodcts$ particlarly %hen safer alternatives are availa!le+

Promote implementation of state and local primary prevention plans that target areas$ poplations$

and activities of highest ris') foster political %ill) expand resorces for hosing remediation) identify


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and correct lead ha?ards) and esta!lish a reglatory infrastrctre to create and maintain lead0safehosing and spport the se of lead0safe constrction %or' practices+

Expand the availa!ility of and promote the se of early enrichment programs for all children from

economically and socially lo%0resorce families living in areas %here exposre to lead is li'ely+

Promote and fnd research that %ill frther evalate the effects of lead in !lood at levels >5g/dL

and evalate strategies to identify and redce exposre or the potential for exposre to lead$inclding strategies applied in medical offices and in homes+

"c.no*ledgment

Helpfl sggestions %ere provided !y Patric' ,+ Parsons$ Ph"$ Lead Poisoning/Trace Elements La!oratory$Oads%orth Center$ Ne% or' State "epartment of Health$ Al!any$ Ne% or'+

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37+ Lanphear P$ Ointer NL$ Apet? L$ E!erly S$ Oeit?man (+ A randomi?ed trial of the effect of dstcontrol on children@s !lood lead levels+ Pediatrics >336)32-57001+

36+ #hoads $ Ettinger AS$ Oeisel CP$ et al+ The effect of dst control on !lood lead in toddlers- arandomi?ed trial+ Pediatrics >333)>5-77>007+

3.+ Aschengra A$ Hardy S$ (ac'ey P$ Pltinas "+ The impact of lo% technology lead ha?ard redctionactivities among children %ith mildly elevated !lood lead levels+ Environ #es >332).3-1>007+

32+ Liin L($ Lioy P,$ #hoads + =mpact of home carpets on childhood lead intervention stdy+

Environ #esearch 45)34->6>007+

33+ Ettinger AS$ ornschein #L$ &arfel ($ et al+ Assessment of cleaning to control lead dst in homes ofchildren %ith moderate lead poisoning- Treatment of Lead0Exposed Children Trial+ Environ HealthPerspect 44)>>-A..5003+

>+Camp!ell C$ Sch%ar? "&$ #ich "$ "oc'ery "+ Effect of a follo%0p professional home cleaning onserial dst and !lood lead levels in r!an children+ Arch Environ Health 45)72-..>002+
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>>+Tohn E#$ "ixon SL$ Oilson ,O$ al'e OA$ Clar' CS+ An evalation of one0time professionalcleaning in homes %ith lead0!ased paint ha?ards+ Appl ccp Environ Hyg 45)>2->520015+

>4+C"C+ Screening yong children for lead poisoning- gidance for state and local p!lic healthofficials+ Atlanta$ A- :S "epartment of Health and Hman Services$ C"C) >33.+

>5+C"C Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention+ #ecommendations for !lood

lead screening of yong children enrolled in (edicaid- targeting a grop at high ris'+ ((O#4)13;No+ ##0>11+:S eneral Acconting ffice+ Lead poisoning- federal health care programs are not effectivelyreaching at0ris' children+ Oashington$ "C- :S eneral Acconting ffice) >333+ A/HEHS0330>2+

>7+emper A#$ Cohn L($ &ant E$ "om!'o%s'i ,+ lood lead testing among (edicaid0enrolledchildren in (ichigan+ Arch Pediatr Adolesc (ed 47)>73-616007+

>6+Steinsapir C$ Leighton ,$ Nagin "$ Ehrlich ,+ Childhood lead poisoning prevention and management+Ne% or' City Health =nformation 41)45-45002+

>.+Philadelphia "epartment of P!lic Health$ Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program-recommendations for the screening and management of yong children potentially exposed to lead+Philadelphia$ PA- "epartment of P!lic Health) >33.+

>2+Chicago "epartment of P!lic Health+ lood lead testing gidelines for Chicago+ Chicago$ =L-"epartment of P!lic Health) >333+ Availa!leathttp-//%%%+ci+chi+il+s/%e!portal/CCOe!Portal/CCQE"=T#=AL/ChicagoLLTestingidelines+pdf+

>3+#o!in L&$ eller ($ (iddagh ,P+ State%ide assessment of lead poisoning and exposre ris' amongchildren receiving (edicaid services in Alas'a+ Pediatrics >33.)33-e3+ Availa!leathttp-//pediatrics+org/cgi/content/fll/33/1/e3+

>>+C"C+ lood lead levels among children in a managed0care organi?ation000California$ cto!er >33400

(arch >335+ ((O# >337)11- 64.0057+

>>>+ inns H,$ Leailly SA$ Poncher ,$ insella T#$ Sanders SE$ Pediatric Practice #esearch rop+ =sthere lead in the s!r!s #is' assessment in Chicago s!r!an pediatric practices+ Pediatrics>331)35->6100.>+

>>4+a?al LA ,r+ The failre of C"C screening Gestionnaire to efficiently detect elevated lead levels ina rral poplation of children+ , &am Practice >33.)17-7>7002+

>>5+(ni? (A$ "ndas #$ (ahoney (C+ Evalation of a childhood lead Gestionnaire in predictingelevated !lood lead levels in a rral commnity+ , #ral Health 45)>3->7003+

>>1+&rance E$ itterman A$ (elin'ovich P$ Oright #A+ The accracy of a lead Gestionnaire inpredicting elevated pediatric !lood lead levels+ Arch Pediatr Adolesc (ed >336)>7-3720065+

>>7+inns H,$ Leailly SA$ &ingar A#$ Sanders S+ Evalation of ris' assessment Gestions sed totarget !lood lead screening in =llinois+ Pediatrics >333)>5->006+

>>6+#ooney L$ Hayes E$ Allen $ Strtt P,+ "evelopment of a screening tool for prediction ofchildren at ris' for lead exposre in a mid%estern clinical setting+ Pediatrics >331)35->2500.+

>>.+Striph + Prevalence of lead poisoning in a s!r!an practice+ , &am Pract >337)1>-6700.>+
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>>2+TeDeda "(+ Oyatt ""+ #oste' #+ Solomon O+ "o Gestions a!ot lead exposre predict elevatedlead levels Pediatrics >331)35->34001+

>>3+Snyder "C$ (ohle0oetani ,C$ Palla $ &enstershei! (+ "evelopment of a poplation0specific ris'assessment to predict elevated !lood lead levels in Santa Clara Conty$ California+ Pediatrics>337)36- 615002+

>4+Schaffer S,$ incaid (S$ Endres N$ Oeit?man (+ Lead poisoning ris' determination in a rralsetting+ Pediatrics >336)3.-21003+

>4>+Palo??i L,$ Shapp ,$ "ra%!agh #E$ Carney ,+ Prevalence of lead poisoning among t%o0year0oldchildren in Uermont+ Pediatrics >337)36-.2002>+

>44+#olnic' S,+ Nordin ,$ Cherney L(+ A comparison of costs of niversal verss targeted leadscreening for yong children+ Environ #esearch >333)2-21003>+

>45+"alton (A$ Sargent ,"$ St'el TA+ :tility of a ris' assessment Gestionnaire in identifying children%ith lead exposre+ Arch Pediatr Adolesc (ed >336)>7->3.0044+

>41+Casey #$ Oiley C$ #tstein #$ Pinto0(artin ,+ Prevalence of lead poisoning in an r!an cohort ofinfants %ith high socioeconomic stats+ Clin Pediatr >331)55-12001+

>47+Schaffer S,$ S?ilagyi P$ Oeit?man (+ Lead poisoning ris' determination in an r!an poplationthrogh the se of a standardi?ed Gestionnaire+ Pediatrics >331)35->730065+

>46+ronson (A$ Tilden #L$ #enier C(+ Commnity0!ased screening for childhood lead poisoning+=dentification of ris' factors and sscepti!le poplations in "lth+ (inn (ed >333)24-47003+

>4.+Haan (N$ erson ($ ish'a A+ =dentification of children at ris' for lead poisoning- an evalationof rotine pediatric !lood lead screening in an H(0insred poplation+ Pediatrics >336)3.-.30025+

>42+Schonfeld ",$ #ainey P($ Cllen (#$ Sho%alter "#$ Cicchetti "U+ Screening for lead poisoning !yfingerstic' in s!r!an pediatric practices+ Arch Pediatr Adolesc (ed >337)>13-11.007+

* A list of mem!ers of this committee appears on page >6 of this isse+

KA complimentary video or "U" entitled$ FC"C idelines for Collecting and Handling lood LeadSamples00041$F may !e o!tained from the National Center for Environmental Health$ "ivision ofLa!oratory Sciences$ Lead and (ltielement Proficiency Program at e0mail ncehdls8cdc+gov+

"dvisor# Committee on Childhood Lead $oisoning $revention

Mem3ership List4 +cto3er 5006,,e3ruar# 5007

Chairperson% Carla Camp!ell$ ("$ Children@s Hospital of Philadelphia$ Philadelphia$ Pennsylvania+

Executive )ecretar#%(ary ,ean ro%n$ Sc"$ "ivision of Environmental and Emergency HealthServices/Agency for Toxic S!stances and "isease #egistry$ National Center for Environmental Health$C"C$ Atlanta$ eorgia+

Mem3ers%(agaly C+ Angeloni$ (A$ #hode =sland "epartment of P!lic Health$ Providence$ #hode=sland) Ualerie Charlton$ ("$ California "epartment of Health$ #ichmond$ California) Oalter S+ Handy$ ,r+$Ph"$ Cincinnati Health "epartment$ Cincinnati$ hio) =ng ang Ho$ Ph"$ :niversity of (ississippi (edicalCenter$ ,ac'son$ (ississippi) Ualarie ,ohnson$ :r!an Parent to Parent$ #ochester$ Ne% or') Linda ite$(A$ Healthy Homes Colla!orative$ Los Angeles$ California) ,essica Leighton$ Ph"$ Ne% or' City"epartment of Health and (ental Hygiene$ Ne% or' City$ Ne% or') Sally dle$ SafeHomes$ =nc+$


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Oater!ry$ Connectict) eorge + #hoads$ ("$ :niversity of (edicine and "entistry of Ne% ,ersey$Piscata%ay$ Ne% ,ersey) Catherine (+ Slota0Uarma$ ("$ (edical College of Oisconsin$ (il%a'ee$Oisconsin) Oayne #+ Snodgrass$ ("$ Ph"$ :niversity of Texas (edical ranch$ alveston$ Texas) evin :+Stephens$ Sr+$ ("$ ,"$ Ne% rleans "epartment of Health$ Ne% rleans$ Loisiana) Helen ,+ inns$* ("$&ein!erg School of (edicine$ North%estern :niversity$ Chicago$ =llinois) im!erly (+ Thompson$ KSc"$Harvard :niversity$ oston$ (assachsetts+

onvoting ederal Mem3ers%Phyllis St!!s0Oynn$ ("$ (aternal and Child Health rea$ Health#esorces and Services Administration$ Oashington$ "C) (ichael olger$ Ph"$ :+S+ &ood and "rgAdministration) Oashington$ "C) ,ohn orra??o$ Ph"$ :+S+ Agency for =nternational "evelopment$Oashington$ "C) "avid ,aco!s$VPh"$ :+S+ "epartment of Hosing and :r!an "evelopment$ Oashington$"C) Oarren &riedman$ Ph"$ :+S+ "epartment of Hosing and :r!an "evelopment$ Oashington$ "C),acGeline E+ (os!y$ (PH$ :+S+ Environmental Protection Agency$ Oashington$ "C) Oalter #ogan$ ("$National =nstitte of Environmental Health Sciences$ Oashington$ "C) #o!ert ,+ #oscoe$ (S$ National=nstitte for ccpational Safety and Health$ C"C$ Cincinnati$ hio) Lori E+ Salt?man$ (S$ :+S+ ConsmerProdct Safety Commission$ Oashington$ "C) ,erry elinger$ ("$ Center for (edicare and (edicaid andServices$ Oashington$ "C+

onvoting Liaison Representatives%Steve ($ Hays$ American =ndstrial Hygiene Association$ Nashville$

Tennessee) E?atollah eyvan0LariDani$ ("$ "rPH$ Concil of State and Territorial Epidemiologists$altimore$ (aryland) Pat (cLaine$W(PH$ National Center for Healthy Hosing$ Colm!ia$ (aryland),onathan Oilson$ (PP$ National Center for Healthy Hosing$ Colm!ia$ (aryland) enDamin itterman$("$ American P!lic Health Association$ Oashington$ "C) #ott #eigart ==$** ("$ American Academy ofPediatrics$ Charleston$ Soth Carolina) eorge C+ #odgers$ ,r+$ ("$ Ph"$ American Association of PoisonControl Centers$ eorgeto%n$ =ndiana) ,an To%ers$ Ph"$ American Academy of Nrse Practitioners$ettys!rg$ Pennsylvania) Anne ( thrie$ (PH$ Alliance for Healthy Homes$ Oashington$ "C) Calvin +,ohnson$ ("$ American State and Territorial Health fficials$ Harris!rg$ Pennsylvania+

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