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Government releases latest blood test results of public estate residents and kindergarten children affected by lead in drinking water incidents
The Government today (September 30) released the latest blood test results
of public estate residents and kindergarten children affected by the lead in
drinking water incidents.
Among the latest batch of 107 samples, 87 are from kindergarten children,
whereas 20 are from public estate residents, all of whom show normal blood
lead levels. Details of the blood tests are in the Annex.
Taking reference from medical literature as well as local and overseas
experience, the Hospital Authority (HA) and the Department of Health (DH)
have derived the reference values of blood lead levels and corresponding
actions to be taken in various healthcare settings.
According to the established measures, the DH will perform lead exposure
assessment for all citizens with borderline raised blood lead levels, and
will arrange preliminary developmental assessment if they are children aged
under 12. The HA will arrange health evaluation and follow-up for citizens
with borderline raised blood lead levels who are children aged 12 or above,
adults, pregnant women or lactating women, and arrange ongoing blood lead
level monitoring for all citizens with borderline raised blood lead levels.
Members of the public may call the DH's hotline (2125 1122) regarding lead
and its health effects. Appointments for blood tests for those in the more
easily affected groups can also be made by calling the hotline.
As at 5pm today, the DH had arranged 5,057 appointments for blood testing
and the DH's hotline had received 7,705 telephone enquiries.
Ends/Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Issued at HKT 18:39
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