The Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is a resource to help address the risk of lead poisoning in young children, pregnant women, and adults who work or have hobbies that involve lead.

1 天前 · More than 1,000 children tested positive for lead poisoning in New Hampshire in 2023, the highest number of children to do so since routine testing efforts for one- and two-year-olds began in 2018 ...

The Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is excited to release our new data brief, "2023 Lead Poisoning in New Hampshire: What the Data Tells Us". This easy-to-read infographic tells the story of how NH's older housing is the primary source of lead poisoning for young children across our state and what simple building strategies ...

5 天之前 · CONCORD – A New Hampshire state report https://shorturl.at/rpaCD rings alarms for the lead poisoning crisis, with 1,142 children poisoned by lead in 2023. This is the highest number of children poisoned since the state began requiring blood lead testing for one- and two-year-olds, and experts warn the real numbers could be even higher since ...

6 天之前 · More than 1,000 children tested positive for lead poisoning in New Hampshire in 2023. ... contains lead hazards. More than half of New Hampshire’s homes were built before 1980. State officials ...

Maintaining your property and doing your part to prevent childhood lead poisoning helps to protect your investment. In NH, when lead exposure hazards are identified in a rental property with a resident child 72 month and younger with a venous blood lead level of 5 µg/dL or higher, the DPHS issues an Administrative Order of Lead Hazard ...

2021年9月30日 · In 2015, 660 (5%) children under the age of 6 in New Hampshire were reported to have blood lead levels (BLLs) ≥ 5µg/dL, the level then recommended for public health action by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

2025年1月28日 · LEAD POISONING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHAT THE DATA TELLS US December 2024 The number of NH children identified with elevated blood lead levels has increased since 2021. Preventing childhood lead poisoning begins with lead-safe housing. Although pediatric blood lead testing rates have recovered to pre-pandemic levels, testing rates for 1- and 2-year-

LEAD EXPOSURE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE DATA BRIEF January 2023 Figure 1: Annual number of children 72 months or younger tested for blood lead levels, 2017-2021. In 2021, 2,247 fewer NH children had blood lead level tests than in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a nationwide recall of point-of-care (in-office) blood lead testing supplies.

LEAD EXPOSURE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE DATA BRIEF In 2020, 3,108 fewer NH children had blood lead level tests than in 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This represents a 14% drop in the State’s pediatric blood lead level testing rates. Decreases in the number and rate of children 72 months and younger tested for blood lead levels, as