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A couple has been awarded nearly $20,000 after their 1-year-old son suffered "actual and potentially serious harm" from lead paint in an old rented house.
The boy's doctor said that months after leaving the property, his body was still working hard to eliminate lead, arsenic and cadmium from his system.
The family moved into the rented house in Napier in October 2024.
By February 2025, the boy's parents were concerned about his health, and a Plunket nurse referred them to a doctor, who arranged blood tests.
Those tests showed dangerously low iron levels, vitamin D deficiency and the presence of "worrying levels" of lead, according to a Tenan
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