HEALTH MINUTE: LEAD POISONING IS A SILENT DANGER

It’s National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. The CDC estimates about 500,000 U.S. children have elevated levels of lead in their blood, and this week doctors want to make families aware of the risk and the long-term impacts lead can have on a child’s health. In today’s Health Minute, Mandy Gaither has the places where lead exposures most often happen and how to keep children safe.