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La Tonya Johnson: “We stop testing at age six.”

Featuring: La Tonya Johnson, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, District 6

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State of Black Wisconsin 2026

Published | Video Starts at 31:31

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. We just don't know because we don't test real quick. (31:31–31:33)

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Asserts that lead testing stops when children reach age six.

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