<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7eec1d38-4aea-46c6-ae31-e06ef4a8cc65/35D24F8A-9C41-4769-9BF2-901AF34BC6F8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-blog/lead-poisoning/17/child-lead-poisoning-on-decline-in-new-york" href="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-blog/lead-poisoning/17/child-lead-poisoning-on-decline-in-new-york" style="font-size: 11px;">tgllaw.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-blog/lead-poisoning/17/child-lead-poisoning-on-decline-in-new-york"><P><IMG height="166" width="250" border="0" alt="lead-poisoning.png" src="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/lead-poisoning1.png" />A press release put out by <A href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2008/pr048-08.shtml">NYC Health</A> states that lead poisoning incidents amongst children in New York are at an all time low, falling by 15% last year alone. In 1995 there were nearly 20,000 children diagnosed with lead poisoning, which fell to 1,970 cases in 2007; a 90% decline. The highest concentrations of poisonings originates in Brooklyn and Queens, most likely due to building and houses being older in this area.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-blog/lead-poisoning/17/child-lead-poisoning-on-decline-in-new-york"><H1 id="blog"><A href="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-blog">New York Law Blog</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-blog/lead-poisoning/17/child-lead-poisoning-on-decline-in-new-york"><P>Nancy Clark, Assistant Commissioner for Environmental Disease Prevention, said that “Lead paint is the primary cause of lead poisoning, and young children are most at risk. To protect your children, look out for peeling lead paint — particularly on doors and windows — and tell your landlord to safely repair any damaged paint. Make sure your child is tested for lead poisoning at ages 1 and 2.” This is vitally important because even small doses can cause severe mental and physical health problems for developing children.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-blog/lead-poisoning/17/child-lead-poisoning-on-decline-in-new-york"><P>Tags: <A rel="tag" href="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-blog/tag/children">children</A>, <A rel="tag" href="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-blog/tag/health">health</A>, <A rel="tag" href="http://tgllaw.com/new-york-law-blog/tag/lead-paint">lead paint</A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/35D24F8A-9C41-4769-9BF2-901AF34BC6F8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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