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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2007
CONTACTS
Kim Plouzek, Environmental Health Analyst, (402) 471-7764
Four Corners Health Department, 1-877-337-3573
Marla Augustine, Communications and Legislative Services, (402) 471-4047
Lead Screening Clinics for Toys to be held in York and Seward
Lincoln—Clinics for screening lead content of toys will be held on Saturday,
November 3, in York and Seward.
Parents can bring in up to five toys to be screened for lead. The toys can be plastic,
wood or metal, painted or unpainted.
At the clinic, toys will be screened using an instrument that reads lead in paint.
There are limitations to the ability of the equipment, and the public should be aware that
this clinic is a screening and an opportunity to talk to trained staff. If a toy should
screen high, meaning the lead appears to exceed a safe level, the toy will be referred to
the Consumer Product Safety Commission for follow-up. A recommendation for a blood test
will be made to parents whose children handled the toy.
Lead poisoning can cause behavioral
problems, lower IQs, impair development, and hearing loss in children.
The York clinic will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 2101 N. Lincoln Ave.
The Seward clinic will be held from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Seward Family Medical
Center, 250 N. Columbia Ave.
The tests are free. The clinics are sponsored by the Four Corners Health Department,
the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, the Seward and York County Extension
Offices, Butler County Health Care Center, the Polk County Health Department, and the York
County Health Coalition.
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