CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – The Harrison Clarksburg Well being Division provided free blood lead testing for residents on Monday.
The division provides weekly testing Monday testing from 9 to 11 within the morning, however this week, extra testing was obtainable from 3 to five:30 within the night.
Lead blood screenings had been held in an try to notify mother and father of their kids’s potential publicity.
The well being division is following steerage from the West Virginia Division of Well being and Human sources after a lead water investigation began back in May of 2021.
Dad and mom are inspired to convey their kids who’re 6 and beneath for testing due to the dangers with baby improvement.
“We targeted on the six-year-old and youthful,” stated Chad Bundy, govt director for the Harrison Clarksburg Well being Division. “As they develop, the sort of, having lead in water… there isn’t any acceptable quantity of lead in water, course we’ve got pointers that we comply with when it turns into extra severe, however there isn’t any acceptable degree, and it might probably trigger developmental issues in these kids, we wish to ensure that they’ve secure water.”
Residents can contact the Clarksburg Water Board for lead testing in the water at their homes. The hotline for testing is 304-423-7952
Lead testing is offered on Mondays each week for youngsters beneath 6 on the Harrison Clarksburg Well being Division. Testing based mostly on walk-in or appointment.
