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Residential Lead Service Lines and Child Blood Lead Levels in Flint, Michigan, 2010-2019

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.32884

September 08, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cross-sectional study of state-level health data of US children examines the association of lead service lines and blood lead level exceedance rates in a 10-year period that included the Flint water crisis.

Corresponding Author: Danielle Land, PhD, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination, Kraepelinstr. 12, München 80804, Germany (danielle-land@uiowa.edu).

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