In brief
Videos, infographics, key statistics, expert interviews… Find the latest news and key information on lead poisoning here
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Post-fire monitoring of Notre-Dame Cathedral: no significant increase in lead ...
news
Lead poisoning in children under 18 associated with visits to shooting ranges ...
The disease
Lead Poisoning in Children
Lead poisoning in children is the poisoning of a child by lead. Still prevalent in France, lead poisoning in children can have serious consequences for children. As such, lead poisoning in children is a reportable disease. In this context, Santé publique France’s...
What We Do
By the late 1980s, isolated cases of acute lead poisoning had given way to a form of chronic lead poisoning, often clinically latent.
Today, for Santé publique France, the challenge is to monitor epidemiological data on childhood lead poisoning and its screening, in order to identify and...
Data
The system for evaluating screening and monitoring mandatory reporting of lead poisoning makes it possible to track trends in this issue.
Data from screening surveillance and mandatory reporting
At the national level
In 2020, 4,182 blood lead tests were ordered for children aged 0 to 17 in...
Tools
Here you will find the resources (videos, TV spots, radio spots) and prevention materials made available to healthcare professionals and the general public
Publications
Here you will find the latest scientific publications related to the studies and research conducted by Santé publique France.
2 publications
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Activities Associated with Lead Exposure and Lead Poisoning Among Children from Traveler Families in Charente, 2017–2019
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