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For health and safety reasons, lead concentrations are monitored at the local, state and national levels following Federal standards. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and a variety of other organizations make recommendations regarding screening children for lead exposure.
Testing for lead recommendations as well as the definition of what is an abnormal blood lead level (for health-related reasons) have changed significantly over the past fifty years or so. In 1991, the CDC concluded that previous blood levels of lead causing concern for children were not low enough, therefore in 1997 the blood lead level of concern for children was decreased from 25 micrograms per deciliter (mcg,dL) to 10mcg/dL. In 2012, the CDC's "Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention " (ACCLPP) recommended lowering the blood lead level for health concerns threshold to just 5 mcg/dL, which the CDC accepted in May 2012.
The blood lead level of at least 10mcg/dL and up, however, continues to be the threshold range for serious lead exposure concern in Maryland.
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