Medicaid and most insurance policies will pay.
Many clinics offer free screening near the beginning of each school year.
If lead, which remains in a child's blood for about a week, is detected, recommendations include cleaning the environment and improving nutrition. So do 1 in 5 Detroit children younger than 6, according to state estimates, giving Detroit among the highest rates in the country. Numerous studies have shown that children with lead poisoning have lower IQs, higher dropout rates and more delinquency. Previous testing indicates thousands of young children in Detroit likely have 1 to 9 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. The harmful metal is found in paint in houses built before 1978.