CONSUMER CAMPUS CMAP FUEL BUYERS GROUP

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KEY FINDINGS

• MORE THAN 6,200 NEW YORK CITY CHILDREN WITH LEAD POISONING AT OR ABOVE 10 µg/dL (MICROGRAMS PER DECILITER OF BLOOD) WERE NEWLY-IDENTIFIED BY TESTING AND REPORTED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 2000.

• NYPIRG ESTIMATES THAT THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH LEAD POISONING AT OR ABOVE 10 µg/dL IS ROUGHLY TWICE THE NUMBER IDENTIFIED AND REPORTED BY TESTING IN THE TOTAL POPULATION UNDER AGE 6. IN 2000, NYPIRG ESTIMATES THE NUMBER WAS MORE THAN 11,500 CHILDREN. THIS ESTIMATE IS APPROXIMATELY 2% OF NEW YORK CITY CHILDREN UNDER AGE OF 6.

• 94% OF LEAD POISONED CHILDREN ARE BLACK, HISPANIC OR ASIAN.

• APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF CHILDREN WITH THESE LEVELS OF LEAD POISONING RESIDE IN JUST 23 OF 51 NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

• NEARLY TWICE AS MANY LEAD POISONED CHILDREN LIVE IN BROOKLYN THAN IN ANY OTHER BOROUGH.

• MORE THAN 500 NEW YORK CITY CHILDREN WERE NEWLY-IDENTIFIED IN 2000 WITH LEAD POISONING AT OR ABOVE 20 µg/dL, REQUIRING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO PERFORM AN ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION FOR THE SOURCE OF LEAD.