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Lead Testing Recommendations

Every child should be tested for lead at age 1 and again at age 2
A child should also be tested for lead between the ages of 3 and 5 if they have not been tested before.
If the screening test (capillary) result is 3.5 mcg/dL or greater, then a confirmatory venous level will need to be drawn.
If the child has a venous level of 3.5 mcg/dL or higher, interventions need to be imposed to bring the level down.

Where Can My Child Get Tested for Lead?

Go to your child’s provider
If you do not have health insurance, a test can be requested through the N.E.W Community Clinic at:

622 Bodart St
Green Bay, WI 54301
(920) 437-9773

If your child receives WIC (Women, Infant, and Children), a screening test for lead (also known as capillary lead test) will be done in the office around the child’s 1st and 2nd birthday.

Resources/Information for Providers

Coordinate Care with Public Health
- Public health needs to be notified when a child has a venous blood level of 3.5 or over (plan of care, retesting, etc.)
- Public health nurses will provide a home visit to any child who has a venous lead level over 3.5 to go over lead education and ways to decrease the lead level.
- If the child has 2 venous lead tests over 15 mcg/dL 3 months apart or 1 venous lead test over 20 mcg/dL, an environmental investigation on the home will be completed by public health sanitarians.
Health Care Guidance for Lead-Poisoned Children
- https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/lead/health-care.htm
Recommended Actions Based on Blood Lead Levels
- www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/advisory/acclpp/actions-blls.htm
American Academy of Pediatric Lead Exposure and Lead Poisoning Information
- https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/lead-exposure/Pages/default.aspx
PEHSU Recommendations on Medical Management of Childhood Lead Exposure and Poisoning
- https://www.pehsu.net/_Library/facts/medical-mgmnt-childhood-lead-exposure-June-2013.pdf
What Parents Need to Know to Protect Their Children
- http://o https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/acclpp/lead_levels_in_children_fact_sheet.pdf

Resources for Lead Poisoning

Lead Safe Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
- o https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/lead/index.htm
United States Environmental Protection Agency
- https://www.epa.gov/lead
Lead and a Healthy Diet
- https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/nutrition.pdf
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
- https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/
Childhood Lead Poisoning: What You Should Know about Your Child’s Blood Lead Test Result
- https://nchh.org/resource-library/fact-sheet_childhood-lead-poisoning_what-you-should-know_english.pdf

If you have any questions on childhood lead poisoning, please call Brown County Public Health, (920) 448-6400

Lead in Your Home

Wisconsin’s Lead-Safe Renovation Rule
- http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/admin_code/dhs/110/163/
- This law protects kids from poisonous lead paint dust that can be created during renovation work. This rule applies to renovation work done in housing and child-occupied facilities built any time before 1978
- Frequently asked questions about Wisconsin’s Lead-Safe Renovation Rule https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/lead/wilsr.htm
- You can report unsafe lead renovations on pre 1978 housing to Brown County Public Health (920)-448-6400
Hire a lead investigation company to identify lead hazards.
- https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/lead/contractor/leadconsultant.pdf
Find a lead-certified company to fix lead hazards
- https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/lead/contractor/leadsafecompany.pdf
Assistance for Fixing Lead Hazards
- Community Development Block Grant (CDGB)
  - Brown County (does not include Green Bay)
    - Northeastern Housing Region
      - Brown County Planning Commission
        (920) 448-6480
- Neighborhood Development and Home Improvement Loan
  - City of Green Bay residents only
  - (920) 448-3402
Lead-Safe Housing Rule: HUD
- http://o https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/healthy_homes/enforcement/lshr

Brown County Lead Coalition

The mission of the Brown County Lead Coalition is to protect/prevent children (less than 6 years old) from lead poisoning in Brown County, Wisconsin.

The Brown County lead coalition is comprised of different community members and agencies dedicated to protect our community’s children from lead poisoning.
Facebook http://o https://www.facebook.com/BrownCountyPBCoalition/

If you are interested in joining, please contact:

Becky Micksch