Identifying Houses with Lead Risk
Aired April 10, 2006 on 90.3 WCPN
Cuyahoga County health officials say Cleveland has the third-highest rate of childhood lead poisoning in the nation, despite recent dramatic decreases in the number of children affected. Now they're working to identify households where lead could be a problem before kids are hurt. As part of our coverage of children's health issues, ideastream's Karen Schaefer reports.

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