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News Articles: lead poisoning

New guidance calls for lower lead levels in food for babies and children under 2. Lead exposure can be harmful to developing brains.

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  • Health

The FDA proposes new targets to limit lead in baby food

Toxic metal can be harmful to developing brains. New lead targets are part of a broad FDA imitative to reduce children's exposure to the lowest levels possible.

January 25, 2023
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey and
  • Jane Greenhalgh
Vintage and new items from discount stores may contain lead and can be especially dangerous for children, who often put their hands in their mouths after touching anything within reach.

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  • Children's Health

Whether from an antique shop or discount store, toxic lead items are easy to buy

Lead is regularly found in vintage items more than 40 years old, but also in many new, cheaply made dollar-store goods. Children are especially susceptible to lead-poisoning even at low levels.

August 01, 2022
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By:
  • Niara Savage and
  • Samantha Horton
An image provided by the Environmental Protection Agency shows examples of a lead pipe, left, a corroded steel pipe, center, and a lead pipe treated with protective orthophosphate. The EPA is only now requiring water systems to take stock of their lead pipes, decades after new ones were banned.

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  • Health

'Time bomb' lead pipes will be removed. But first water utilities have to find them

Health experts warn problems with these "underground poisonous straws" can strike suddenly, and states are getting cash to replace them. But no one knows how many lines exist or where they are.

July 20, 2022
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By:
  • Allison Kite
Lisa Pascoe avoids wearing jewelry her young daughter might put in her mouth, and doesn't visit older or recently renovated homes that could contain lead hazards.

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  • Children's Health

Known to be toxic for a century, lead still poisons thousands of Midwestern kids

Four U.S. states are still struggling with high rates of lead poisoning from soil, pipes and paint. It impacts thousands of people each year, especially low-income communities and families of color.

May 02, 2022
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By:
  • Niara Savage and
  • Allison Kite
Lisa Pascoe avoids wearing jewelry her young daughter might put in her mouth, and doesn't visit older or recently renovated homes that could contain lead hazards.

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  • Children's Health

Known to be toxic for a century, lead still poisons thousands of Midwestern kids

Four U.S. states are still struggling with high rates of lead poisoning from soil, pipes and paint. It impacts thousands of people each year, especially low-income communities and families of color.

May 02, 2022
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By:
  • Niara Savage and
  • Allison Kite

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  • Global Health

Global wishes for 2022: a gift box for everyone, greater girl power, vertical gardens

We asked global thinkers like Malala, doctors dealing with the pandemic, educators and more — if you were in charge of the world, what would you like to see happen this year.

January 07, 2022
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib and
  • Marc Silver
President Biden speaks at a Democratic National Committee holiday party on Tuesday in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff listen. The Biden Administration announced its action plan this week to replace the country's lead pipes, which impacts up to 10 million households.

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  • National

Lead pipes have contaminated water for decades. Biden's new plan will replace them

The White House released an action plan to replace lead pipes and lead paint in the U.S. within the next decade. Lead contamination is known to have detrimental effects on the brain and kidneys.

December 17, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Volunteers in west Atlanta neighborhood gather to educate residents about lead contamination.

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  • Children's Health

A Widening War Against Lead In West Atlanta

Findings of contamination led the federal Environmental Protection Agency to investigate a large swath of the English Avenue neighborhood for lead in the soil. That investigation was expanded to more properties a year ago.

May 18, 2021
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By:
  • Andy Miller
Lead exposure has been an issue for many years. Above: Women and children from lead-contaminated villages rest on mattresses during testing and treatment for lead poisoning in a ward at the Doctors Without Borders clinic in Anka, Nigeria, in 2010.

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  • Children's Health

'Silent Epidemic': Nearly 1 In 3 Kids Exposed To Damaging Levels Of Lead

It's the first time global data has been gathered on the extent of the problem. Experts are calling it a "groundbreaking" report. And the ill effects can last for a lifetime.

July 29, 2020
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By:
  • Maria Godoy

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