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Date Added: July 03, 2008 09:08:03 PM
Cases of child lead poisonings declined in New York City last year, continuing a 12-year trend. The city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says that in 2007, there were 1,970 cases of lead poisoning in children between the ages of 6 months and 6 years. That's down from more than 19,000 in 1995.

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