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J THE EVENING NEWS * 23 Newark, N.J., Tuesday, May 27,1969 1 Dies, 7 Felled By Lead Poisoning sequently went into convulsions. A IH-year-old gtrt baa died She died May 14. Dr. Theodore of lead pafenontng and seven Kushnik, associate profem of others, gtri's mitted inctudmg three of the family, have been ad* to Martlsnd Boepital pediatrics College of at the New Jersey Medicine and Den with pchfoning hi the last three tistry, ordered the ether Wilson weeks, a hospital oOdat aaf ` children brought to the boepital Dawn Wilson, daughter of for examination, end discovered Mrs. Lilly Wilson of 1M Renner Ave. has died. Her two broth ers, Gary Wilson, S, and Bury, , and a aister, Dionne, S, hare been treated for lead paUankig tod released. the other children are from four different families, in sous location!. They were not identified. la Semi-Coma Dawn was brought into Mast- they too were suffering from lead poUMng. All the families involved live in old bouses in various parts of the dty. Dr. Kushnik said chil dren abeotto the lead by eating paint and plaster off the walls. Prior to 1M0, bouse paint con tained a high amount of lead and therefore lead poisoning is greater danger in old bouses, be ernlained. land in a semiconu, and sub H 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 are loas of appetite, pallor, ab- QGKDHHU uHDi| c q h q q HmL in* tability, vomiting and change of personality. Dr. Kushnik urged who see their children whig paint or plaster to bring immediately foithe hoeja* fortMta. NOT TURNED ON B S N 42225