Half of American kids have lead in their blood, doctors say

Re:Half of American kids have lead in their blood, doctors say by dllthomas on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @11:23AM (#28683896)

> Also meaningless is saying that 2% of the kids have a high level of lead, without saying what "high" means.

Oh, that's simple - it's defined as above the 98th percentile.

(I kid, I hope...)

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Re:Half of American kids have lead in their blood, doctors say by jmalicki on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @12:15PM (#28684473)

Actually, the CDC defines the 5ug/DL as high based on being the 97.5%ile [1] in children... so you're not kidding...

But if only 2% of children have lead levels that were originally defined based on the worst 2.5%, that's a 20% reduction, so great news!?

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Re:Half of American kids have lead in their blood, doctors say by marcosdumay on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @01:12PM (#28685085)

Still, I'm not sure the article uses the CDC definition. Going on with the complaint, the article is meaningless.

Did they find a problem? An improvement? Nothing? Nobody can tell by reading it alone.

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Re:Half of American kids have lead in their blood, doctors say by dllthomas on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @09:42PM (#28689394)

Amazing.

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