The study concluded that the overall costs of lead poisoning were approximately $330 million, with taxpayers forced to fork over $145 million of that total. The study estimated the cost of remediation for homes most in need at about $600 million. Michigan already has a program in place to mitigate lead contaminated homes, but is it adequate? If 70 percent of Michigan’s children are adversely affected by lead poisoning the evidence is that it isn’t. The report also revealed that 21.1 percent of children with ADHD had elevated blood levels of lead. Rebecca Meuninck, Environmental Health Campaign Director with Ecology Center and Michigan Network for Children’s Environmental Health declared: “This program needs to be expanded, fully funded, and properly staffed. We call on the Governor to reconvene Michigan’s Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Commission in order to develop a plan to end lead poisoning in Michigan.” Tracy Swinburn, research specialist at the Risk Science Center and author of the report commented: “It is well-documented that childhood lead exposure is associated with a wide range of irreversible and costly health effects and behavioral problems. However, this is the first time these impacts of lead exposure have been compared with the costs of abatement in Michigan.”