The Salt Lake County Health Department observed that of the children who were referred to the department with an actionable blood lead level, 74% were from refugee families.
SALT LAKE CITY — Refugee children in Salt Lake County are more likely to experience lead exposure than their peers, according to data from the Salt Lake County Health Department.
"If a child is exposed to lead really early on, it can actually have permanent health effects," said Sarah Sederholm, a health educator with the county's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. "It's not just, 'Oh, they were exposed in their home country and now they come here and the problem is over.' That's not the case," she said. "Quite a large majority of what we're seeing is these refugee families that for various reasons — it could be exposure in their home country, it could be exposure here — but we are seeing that a lot."
"We had a couple of families using coal eyeliner on infants, and that has a pretty high level of lead. That's something a lot of people don't know about because it's something very culturally significant to the people using it," Sederholm said. "I don't think there's a lot of awareness that there's sometimes lead in that and it can be very dangerous.
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