Posted on 12/13/2022 10:48:10 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A law signed by Gov. Tom Wolf on Nov. 3 encourages doctors to test pregnant women, and children up to 2 years old, who they believe have been exposed to lead.
Act 150 is a smart move, but it doesn’t go far enough. Lead is everywhere — especially in industrial regions with older housing, which means Pittsburgh and vast swaths of Pennsylvania. Sen. Lisa Baker, R.-Luzerne, wanted Act 150 to make testing mandatory, but it was watered down in the amendment process. Now she’s reintroducing a bill to switch “encourage” back to “require,” making lead testing mandatory for all young children. This time, legislators should pass it as-is.
The effects of lead poisoning are serious and potentially permanent, especially in the brains of young children. Due to their growing frames and immature organ systems, children absorb five times as much lead into their bodies as do adults. The state Department of Health found elevated lead levels in 3,100 Pennsylvania children in 2020. But only 32% of kids under two were tested. So the tests might have missed more than 6,000 cases of high blood lead levels.
In Allegheny County, the trends have been good. The percent of children registering high lead concentrations has decreased from a recent high of 6.1% in 2010 to 1.7% in 2020, with an uptick to 1.9% last year. This reflects the phasing out of the most common sources of lead exposure in everyday life.
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Out of control government is out of control.
The lead-testing industry will be rolling in dough soon!
That Swamp lobbyist investment paid off Big League!
At least in Harrisburg, it did.
Today Harrisburg, tomorrow the world!
You vill eat ze boogs undt test for ze lead!
Sen. Lisa Baker, R.-Luzerne, wanted Act 150 to make testing mandatory …RINOs and the Uniparty strike again.
Out of control government is far deadlier to our well being than lead poisoning is these days.
And that doesn’t even take into account government lead poisoning delivered via the barrel of a gun.
I did lead testing in older and low-income homes a few years back. It was believed that blacks eating lead paint was the reason for the ills of that society.
I heard that the latter was common in places like the USSR and Khmer Rouge Cambodia.
Indeed, TSR!
Way too many people die daily from lead poisoning in Chicago.
How about a test to determine all the ailments that the mRNA gene therapy shots caused.
Is it reversible? It depends. Some elements of it might be, but any damage to the immune system and damage to the RNA is likely permanent.
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Yes, and it is due to high speed injection.
I don’t see any downside to this. The effects of lead on brain development are well known. Heavy metal poisoning can be devastating and disabling or fatal if not treated. Older housing stock still tends to have old white paint which is a vehicle for lead. Those that remain are occupied mostly by low income people. Kids sometimes do pick and eat paint chips from windowsills etc. Plus paint dust can get in the air and inhaled. So what’s the big deal if government wants to address this problem? Lead abatement programs have been around for decades. Better we should lay off and let the problem persist?
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” ... and it is due to high speed injection.”
Thanks. I didn’t ‘get’ that one until your post.
Yes. Lead can be deadly.
I have a number of molds for it.
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