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Dryer lint snares more than just fuzz

Analyzing laundry dryer lint appears to be an easy, nonintrusive way to screen homes for elevated lead levels.

 

References:

Mahaffy, P.G., et al. 1998. Laundry dryer lint: A novel matrix for nonintrusive environmental lead screening. Environmental Science & Technology 32(Aug. 15):2467.

 

Further Readings:

1994. Country kids: No letup from lead. Science News 146(July 30):79.

Bower, B. 1996. Excess lead linked to boys’ delinquency. Science News 149(Feb. 10):86.

Fackelmann, K.A. 1996. Hypertension’s lead connection. Science News 149(June 15):382.

______. 1993. Calcium supplements and the danger of lead. Science News 144(Sept. 4):150.

Marino, G. 1994. Heavy lead found in some French red wine. Science News 146(July 9):22.

Raloff, J. 1995. Another source of lead in kids. Science News 148(Nov. 25):365.

Sources:

Peter G. Mahaffy
King’s University College
Department of Chemistry
9125 50th Street
Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2H3
Canada

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 14, October 3, 1998, p. 216.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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