Click to view infographic, "Childhood Lead Poisoning in Big Cities 2013-2022" Background. Reduction of childhood lead levels is a public health success. Forty years ago, almost all children under the ...

Lead poisoning is a lesser-known threat that can have irreversible negative health impacts on children. Learning about ...

In 2019, as chair of the Erie County Legislature, now-State Sen. April Baskin introduced a resolution calling on the state to ...

A 2022 study published in Science and backed by the U.S. Geological Survey found that nearly half of all bald and golden eagles across North America show signs of chronic lead poisoning.

In 1924, after 80% of workers manufacturing tetraethyl lead at Standard Oil in New Jersey were found to have lead poisoning, some of whom died, sales of leaded gasoline were banned in New Jersey ...

In low- and middle-income countries, home to more than 1.5 billion of the world’s children, 1 in 2 children has elevated levels of lead in their blood. That’s 10 times the rate of poisoning at ...

"While lead exposure has declined by nearly 100 percent since 1970 and is no longer used in the U.S. and Europe, physicians assume that lead poisoning is a problem of the past.

New lead poisoning guidelines means more kids will get tested. Here’s what else experts want to see. The Centers for Disease Control has announced a new, stricter standard for lead poisoning in ...

Lead poisoning is increasingly affecting children worldwide, with severe impacts on their health and development. Dr. Siriac ...

Lead isn't just poisoning humans in Missouri — it's also killing bald eagles St. Louis Public Radio | By Danny Wicentowski Published January 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM CST ...

Between 2018 and 2021, just over 7,000 children in Milwaukee County were testing for lead poisoning, and 6.25% were found to have 5 µg/dL of lead or higher, according to an interactive map by the ...