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Kids living near Colorado airports have slightly elevated levels of lead in their blood, new study finds

But levels were still within the range the federal government considers normal

An aircraft takes off above a new unleaded fuel truck prior to director of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport Paul Anslow introducing the transition to unleaded fuel program at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
An aircraft takes off above a new unleaded fuel truck prior to director of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport Paul Anslow introducing the transition to unleaded fuel program at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - MARCH 7: Meg Wingerter - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | mwingerter@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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The study, by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, didn't prove that living near an airport caused the increase in blood lead levels, though levels declined consistently as distance increased.
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