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This paper seeks Cabinet agreement to issue drafting instructions to amend Section B of Schedule 2 of Health Act 1956 to lower the notifiable level for lead absorption from 0.48 micromoles per litre of blood (µmol/l) to 0.24 µmol/l.

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