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China shuts US plant in lead scare: report

An American-owned battery plant in China will remain shut until the end of the year over fears it has caused lead poisoning in local children, the Shanghai Daily reported on Friday.

Health created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Your home's age important for child lead exposure

(AP) -- If you've been putting off repairing a peeling windowsill, or you're thinking of knocking out a wall, listen up: Check how old your house is. You may need to take steps to protect your kids from dangerous ...

Health created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Is lead poisoning behind some juvenile crime?

Lead is a common element but is found in old paints (including those once used on children's toys), soil, old piping, water, and the atmosphere from lead-containing vehicular fuels, even drinking vessels. At high dose it ...

Health created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US finds lead poisoning from Ayurvedic medicines

US health researchers said Thursday that they have documented lead poisoning risks among pregnant women who took Ayurvedic medicine and issued a new warning on the safety of traditional pills.

Health created Aug 23, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Despite big progress, many kids have high lead levels in blood (Update)

(HealthDay)—There has been a big drop in the number of American children with elevated blood lead levels over the past four decades, but about 2.6 percent of children aged 1 to 5 years still have too much lead in their ...

Health created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alternative therapy produces intriguing results in some heart patients but many questions remain

Heart attack  patients given weekly infusions of chemicals used for chelation therapy had fewer cardiovascular events than those who received identical appearing placebo infusions, according to late-breaking clinical trial ...

Cardiology created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0