The I-Team found families are increasingly being forced out of their homes because of lead hazards, and some families with children are living in unsafe houses. County health officials have declared 18 properties in Montgomery County as unsafe to live in because of lead. At the same time, less than one-third of the 232,670 children under age 3 living in the 324 ZIP codes identified as having an increased risk of lead poisoning were tested in 2010. State law requires that they be tested at age 1 and 2. Use the maps below to find out where children are most in danger of lead poisoning, and where they have already been told they can't live.
Ohio's high-risk ZIP codes
The Ohio Department of Health has declared some Ohio ZIP codes as high-risk for childhood lead poisoning, and requires blood tests of all children living there at ages 1 and 2. The map below shows those ZIP codes. Use the dropdown menu to choose between viewing the ZIP codes colored by the population less than 3 years old, or the percentage of those children actually tested. Use the search tool to find information on ZIP codes by searching for the ZIP number or the county.
Pct. of 3-year-olds tested
Total population 3 and younger, 2010
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Some ZIP codes may appear more than once because they lie in multiple counties.
Montgomery County's poisonous properites
Markers below indicate properties where "Not to Occupy" orders were issued by Public Health - Dayton and Montgomery County, declaring the properties uninhabitable because property owners did not fix lead hazards. Click on a marker for more information.
