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New lead record is no honor

More than 70 percent of toddlers and preschoolers coming to an inner-city Philadelphia clinic had excess concentrations of lead in their blood.

 

References:

Melman, S.T., J.W. Nimeh, and R.D. Anbar. 1998. Prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in an inner-city pediatric clinic population. Environmental Health Perspectives 106(October):655.

 

Further Readings:

1995. Childhood lead linked to adult obesity. Science News 148(Oct. 21):268.

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

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

Raloff, J. 1997. Caries: Legacy of mom’s lead exposure. Science News 152(Sept. 6):149.

______. 1991. Lead’s reduced stature. Science News 140(Sept. 21):189.

______. 1990. Home carpets: Shoeing in toxic pollution. Science News 138(Aug. 11):86.

______. 1990. Lead’s lasting legacy. Science News 137(Jan. 27):63.

______. 1989. Lead effects show in child’s balance. Science News 135(Jan. 28):54.

______. 1986. Low lead levels can harm kids’ hearing. Science News 130(Dec. 20&27):390.

______. 1986. Even low lead levels in mom affect baby. Science News 130(Sept. 13):164.

 

Sources:

Shoshana T. Melman
St. ChrisCare Pediatric Services
Center City
231 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 12, September 19, 1998, p. 182. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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