WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
recommends early childhood lead screening to identify
asymptomatic exposure as well as targeted screening of at-risk
children according to known risk patterns; and
WHEREAS, In this Commonwealth, the Department of Health
administers area CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
offices, tracks children and adults with elevated blood lead
levels and provides comprehensive prevention and control
services in high-risk areas; and
WHEREAS, Clinical laboratories in this Commonwealth report
blood lead test results for pregnant women and persons under 16
years of age to the CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Program through the Division of Child and Adult Health Services
within the Bureau of Family Health; and
WHEREAS, Clinical laboratories in this Commonwealth report
blood lead test results for persons 16 years of age or older to
the Department of Health's Division of Environmental Health
Epidemiology within the Bureau of Epidemiology; and
WHEREAS, Homes built before 1978 should be tested for
potential lead hazards; and
WHEREAS, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
has recommended reducing or eliminating workplace lead exposures
through engineering controls such as substitution, isolation and
ventilation; and
WHEREAS, "National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week," observed
annually during the last week of October, addresses the public
health burden caused by the widespread use of lead and lead
products and advances the goal of eliminating childhood lead
poisoning in the United States; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
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