AndCare, Inc.
Phone: (919) 544-8220
www.andcare.com
Lead Detection System
Using technology born from and nurtured by Department of
Energy Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants, AndCare
developed and three years ago commercialized a lead detection system. This system received FDA approval as an invitro diagnostic device and is principally used to screen
children for blood lead levels. The sale
of LeadCare sensors and instruments has increased in
each of the three full years since the launch of the product. Sales growth is being advanced by a steadily
growing interest in State governments to screen their pre-school populations
for lead exposure. Each year has
produced more scholarly research indicating that even extremely low blood lead
levels are detrimental to the cognitive development, education, and
socialization of young children. State
health agencies are convincing their governments that
screening their very young populations in order to catch and eliminate lead
exposure early is very cost effective compared to the expense of special
education, law enforcement, and potentially long term incarceration.
Non-clinical lead testing with this technology is growing as
well. For example, to insure the safety
of