Childhood lead poisoning prevention through prenatal housing inspection and remediation in St. Louis, MO.

Objective: We assessed the screening and remediation of home lead hazards prenatally in a high-risk population, hypothesizing that average blood-lead level and the number of poisonings would drop by 25%.

Study Design: One hundred fifty-two women underwent prenatal home inspections by certified lead inspectors. The hazards that were identified were remediated.