The Pasadena Public Health Department is encouraging families to ask their children’s health care providers about blood lead testing during National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, Oct. 25 to 31, saying a blood test is the most reliable way to detect exposure because symptoms are not always visible. “There is no safe level of lead in a child’s body,” the department said, adding that children under 6 are especially vulnerable because lead can affect brain development, growth, learning, behavior, speech and hearing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that no safe blood
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