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RCED-94-18R 1 (1993-10-14)

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G3AO)        General Accounting Office
             Washington, D.C. 20548


             Resources, Community, and
             Economic Development Division
             B-253703


             October 14, 1993


             Philip R. Lee, M.D.
             Assistant Secretary for Health
             Public Health Service
             Department of Health and Human Services

             Dear Dr. Lee:

             As you know, lead poisoning is one of the most common
             health problems for our nation's children and can have
             marked effects on intelligence and behavior. We recently
             reviewed the Department of Housing and Urban Development's
             (HUD) compliance with the public housing provisions of the
             Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act at the request of
             the Chairman, Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Research
             and Development, Senate Committee on Environment and Public
             Works.' In the course of our review, we evaluated the
             effectiveness of local health agencies' notification of
             public housing authorities (PHA) when the health agencies
             diagnose elevated blood lead levels (EBL) in children who
             live in public housing.

             We judgmentally selected for review 42 cases of EBL in
             children living in public housing in six cities--Boston,
             Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Richmond, and San
             Francisco. These cases occurred from January 1989 to July
             1992. The cities were selected on the basis of criteria
             such as (1) a high incidence of EBL children and (2) a
             publicly funded screening program for blood lead levels.
             In all of the cases, test results confirmed that the
             children's homes contained lead-based paint. The six PHAs
             included in our review are responsible for more than 18
             percent of the public housing built before 1978--the
             housing in which lead-based paint hazards are most likely
             to be present.



             'Lead-Based Paint Poisoning: Children in Public Housing
             Are Not Adeuately Protected (GAO/RCED-93-138, Sept. 17,
             1993).


GAO/RCED-94-1BR, Lead Poisoning Notification

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