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Baltimore childhood lead poisoning cases dropped to 0.3 % in 2012; the lowest ever recorded since the annual survey began in 1993, the year before Maryland's Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing Act was enacted. Concomitantly, a significant number of new cases filed have been linked to homes not previously covered by the Maryland 1994 Lead Law [September 24, 2013, Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) ; " Annual Surveillance Report", 2012 Maryland Childhood Lead Registry].
The new legislation passed in 2012 is designed to reduce lead poisoning cases in homes that had not been covered under Maryland law. A key provision of that new lead law takes effect in January 2015 [Statewide-2012-Childhood-Lead-Surveillance].
The Report's figures also represent a decrease of more than 98 % in the percentage of young children reported to have lead poisoning since 1993. Much of the decline in blood lead levels is the result of implementation and enforcement of Maryland's lead law. The Report also shows that more than 110,000 Maryland children were tested in 2012 --- an increase from the previous year of 2011.
Maryland's 1994 lead law applies to rental units built before 1950, when lead paint was prohibited in Baltimore City. In Maryland counties outside of Baltimore City, more than 8 out of 10 confirmed cases of an initial report of lead poisoning involved children living in post-1949 rental housing or owner -occupied housing. The legislation passed in the 2012 Maryland General Assembly session and signed into law by Governor Martin O'Malley is designed to reduce the risk of lead poisoning in these newer rental units and in owner-occupied properties.
[ http://news.maryland.gov/mde/2013/09/25/lead_poisoning_cases_drop_many-cases_linked_to_]
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