Att6A_ASARCO EI_Letter_ChildUnder6_Oct23_2014

Attachment 6A: Sample Results Letter to the Parent of a Participant aged 9 to <72 Months

Flesch-Kincaid Reading level – 8.2

(ATSDR Letterhead)

DATE ________________

Name XXXXX

Address XXXX

Dear ____________

Thank you for allowing your child, _______________, to take part in the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’s (ATSDR) Exposure Investigation (EI) in Hayden and Winkelman, AZ. The goal of the EI is to determine whether people living in Hayden and Winkelman, AZ, are being exposed to lead and arsenic. Children under 6 years of age were only tested for lead.

ATSDR collected a blood sample from your child on [Month Day, Year]. This letter contains the results of your child’s blood lead test.

Your child's test result is shown below.

Blood Lead Test Results for Firstname Lastname
Test	Test Result	Investigation Exposure Level
Blood Lead	XXX µg/dL	5 µg/dL1
1 The investigation exposure level for blood lead is 5 µg/dL. This value is the upper reference interval value of the 97.5th percentile of the distribution of the combined 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 cycles of the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (CDC 2013- http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6213a3.htm).

Reporting child blood lead level:

Insert A. Blood Lead Level below Investigation Exposure Level (IEL)

Insert B. Blood Lead Level equal to or above Investigation Exposure Level (IEL)

ATSDR’s recommendations for reducing exposure to lead are in the enclosed factsheet.

If you have questions concerning this Exposure Investigation or your child’s test results, please contact me at 770-488-0771 or by email at BTierney@cdc.gov.

Sincerely,

Bruce C. Tierney, MD

Lead Investigator – Asarco Hayden Smelter Exposure Investigation

ATSDR Division of Community Health Investigations, Exposure Investigation Team

Enclosure {Factsheet A}