Lead levels, especially in children that are Significantly young, like 1 and 2 years old, can cause severe, severe cognitive delays later on. The other thing that you need to be aware of is that We don't start testing until kids are one. We don't test pregnant women. So all of these are contributors and we stop testing at age six. So when you talk about lead levels, there very well can be kids out there a lot older with much higher lead levels. (31:23–31:29)
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