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What To Know and How To Keep Kids Safe From Lead Poisoning
More than 4,500 children under age 6 tested positive for lead poisoning in Wisconsin last year. It has no overt symptoms.
Milwaukee’s Lead Crisis: Flaky Paint, Closed Schools and a C.D.C. in Retreat
Some children were exposed to lead and investigators found flaking paint inside aging schools. Two federal experts, expected ...
DR ELLIE: How tap water could be poisoning you
I thought lead poisoning was a Victorian-era problem long consigned to the past. But latest figures show that in 2023 more than 200 cases were reported in children in England.
Is your tap water poisoning your family? These are the UK's hotspots for dangerously high levels of a common but toxic material - and this is how to find out if YOUR sup…
Once widely used in both domestic plumbing and public water mains, lead piping was banned in 1970 after evidence showed the ...
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'Buried in hundreds of years of lead paint.' Cleveland takes stock of clean-up effort
The Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition, a public-private collaboration focused on ending lead poisoning, has $71.9 million left to ...
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia districts have also struggled to manage lead paint hazards
That's not just a Milwaukee Public Schools problem.
CDC denies Milwaukee’s request for help with unsafe lead levels in public schools
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has denied a request fromMilwaukee’s public health department for ...
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An Albany neighborhood at the heart of New York's lead poisoning epidemic
It’s when the paint deteriorates, peeling or flaking off the walls, that the serious danger arises, said Dr. Carrin Schottler-Thal, a pediatrician at Albany Med who specializes in lead poisoning ...
s Your Child Safe This Summer? Doctors Reveal 4 Illnesses Every Parent Must Watch For!
As temperatures rise, children face serious health risks from dehydration, food poisoning, UTIs, and eye infections. We got ...