Replacing Windows Reduces Childhood Lead Exposure: Results From a State-Funded Program.

Context: Despite considerable evidence that window replacement reduces childhood lead exposure and improves energy conservation and market value, federal policies in childhood lead poisoning, home improvement, and weatherization programs all tend to discourage it.

Objective And Intervention: To evaluate a state bond-financed pilot program that replaced old lead-contaminated windows with new lead-free energy efficient ones.

Design And Setting: Pre-/post evaluation in 1 urban and 1 rural jurisdiction.