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The Michigan Health Department is reporting almost 5,000 children with elevated blood lead levels in the state.
The statewide data will be used to help identify cities with a higher percent of children affected by lead.
Many times lead exposure to kids come from lead-based paint and lead-contaminated dust in deteriorating buildings.
The new Child Lead Poisoning Elimination Board and Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley will be working to develop a long-term statewide plan to prevent some children from being exposed to lead.
