Milwaukee Health Department encourages young children be tested for lead at upcoming pop-up clinics

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- We have an update from the Milwaukee Health Department -- 249 children were tested for lead at last weekend's screening clinic. 

MHD says a small number of those children had elevated levels of lead, but none were high enough to require the health department to get involved. 

On Wednesday, one of the health department's partners, Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers, held another pop-up testing event. 

They're encouraging families to test young children, especially.

"It could be something they're handling, maybe they have something they're chewing or maybe they're just touching a surface and their hands accidentally end up in their mouth," said Abby Goreck, Sixteenth Street Community Health.

Right now, three MPS schools remain temporarily closed as the district works to address lead contamination concerns. 

Those schools are Starms Early Childhood Center, Fernwood Montessori, and LaFollette School.

Upcoming screening opportunities can be found here and here.