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THE 'EVENING NEWS ' * 23 Newark, N.J., Tuesday, May 27, 1969 ning Evtning News Staff Writer sequently went into convulsions. A 2%-year-old girl has died She died May 14. Dr. Theodore of lead poisoning and seven Kusknik, associate professor of others, including three of die pediatrics at the New Jersey girl's mitted family, have to Martland been ad Hospital College of Medicine and Den with poafliomng in the last three tistry, ordered the other Wilson weeks, a hospital official said. children brought to the hospital Dawn Wilson, daughter of for examination, and discovered Mrs. Iilly Wilson of 195 Renner Ave. has died. Her two broth ers, Gary Wilson, 8, and Barry, 6, and a Sister, Bienne, 5, have been treated for lead pensioning apd released. ithey too were suffering from lead poistemng. r All the families involved live in old houses in various parts of jihe city. Dr. Kushnik said chil The other children are from dren absorb the lead by eating . to four different families, in var ious locations. They were not identified. In Semi-Coma Dawn was brought 4^0 Mart- paint and plaster off the walls. Prior to 1940, house paint con tained a high amount of lead and therefore lead poisoning is a greater danger in old houses, he explained. 4 land in a semicoma, and sub- If the illness is caught in time it can be fought with new medi cation, he added; but neverthe less, some children are left with brain damage, and the lead can not be gotten out f the bones. Symptoms of lead poisoning >f are loss of appetite, pallor, ab t dominal; pans, constipaKon, im- n tability, vomiting and change of personality. Dr. Kttshmk urged r parents who see their children i eating paint or plaster to bring them immediately to ;the bospi-' ij tal for tests. ^' r YOU'RE NOT TURNED ON if you're! net tuned oil to WVNI-62AM and 1G9FM. N11977