Lead is an environmental neurotoxicant that causes neurocognitive deficits and cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. It also disproportionately affects socially disadvantaged communities. The association between lead exposure ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Higher lead levels in a mother's blood can increase the chance of her bearing male offspring, according to new research led by Japanese scientists at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine.
Mar 14, 2022
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Eighteenth-century socialites have been depicted as vain, silly women who were poisoned by their white lead makeup. The Countess of Coventry, Maria Gunning—a society hostess reknowned for her beauty—is said to have refused ...
Feb 28, 2022
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Exposure to lead in drinking water, especially from private wells, during early childhood is associated with an increased risk of being reported for delinquency during teenage years, according to a new study by Indiana University ...
Feb 1, 2022
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Blood lead levels among the population of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince are on average five times higher than in the United States, say researchers, highlighting the urgent need to address the problem in developing countries ...
Jan 19, 2022
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Q: What can I do to protect my family from lead exposure? Should I have my children tested?
Jan 10, 2022
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its blood lead reference value—the level at which children ages 1–5 are considered to have high exposure to lead. Since 2012, this threshold had been set ...
Nov 8, 2021
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U.S. health officials have changed their definition of lead poisoning in young children—a move expected to more than double the number of kids with worrisome levels of the toxic metal in their blood.
Oct 28, 2021
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About half of young children who were tested for lead had detectable levels of the toxic metal in their blood, according to a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Pediatrics on Monday.
Sep 27, 2021
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French health authorities said Tuesday that no excessive lead levels had been detected in children living close to the burned out Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, or going to school nearby.
Jul 20, 2021
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