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Environmental Health
Lead-based paint, gasoline run-off still place children at poisoning risk
December 29th, 2005
While lead-based paint and gasoline have been banned for sale in the United States for more than 25 years, peeling paint, dust in older homes, and dirt, tainted long ago with gasoline run-off, are today still placing American children at risk for lead poisoning. In fact, a recent study conducted by the University of Michigan (U-M) Health System's Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit found that children enrolled in public assistance programs such as Medicaid and WIC (Women and Infant Children) have about a 3-fold increased risk of having lead poisoning, which can lead to serious and life-long health and developmental problems. That's why...
Source: Blood Weekly (2005-12-29)
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