Having Your Child Tested
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Most children who develop lead poisoning do not look or act sick. Children who seem perfectly healthy may still be lead poisoned. Damage to the brain and nervous system can be very difficult to detect without a medical exam. A blood test by your doctor is the only sure way to know if your child has lead poisoning.
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1 . 105 C.M.R. §460.050(E). Every child must provide proof of a lead screening in order to enter kindergarten.
2 Blood lead levels are determined by the amount of micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. A blood level of 10 means 10 micrograms per deciliter. 105 C.M.R. §460.050(D)(2).
3 . 105 C.M.R §§460.105, 460.110, 460.710(A), 460.750(B)(2), 460.751(A) and (B).