Friday, March 16, 2012

Lead poisoning

  • When Devon Owens checked his then 2-year-old daughter, Dallas, into the hospital last year, he wasnt sure what to expect. He just knew that routine medical tests had found her blood contained nearly six times more lead than what the U.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • WATERLOO, Iowa --- Proposed funding cuts for lead poisoning prevention programs mobilized area advocates to Capitol Hill last week. Brenda Music and her son, Sean, of Independence hope they put a face on the issue.
  • (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
  • If, tomorrow, you took your toddler in for a routine checkup, and a blood test found elevated levels of lead, your next steps would be reasonably clear. Your pediatrician would hand you local health department phone numbers.
  • (New York Times Blogs)
  • Lisa Rosario already wanted to move. Then her daughter tested positive for lead poisoning. "Now we need to leave right away," said Rosario, 24, staring with distaste at the chalky white paint peeling from the wall in her rundown Bronx apartment.
  • (New York Daily News)
  • MACON, Ga. (AP) — Head Start agencies in 13 central Georgia counties will offer free testing for lead poisoning to children enrolled in the programs.
  • (NECN)
  • Funding for the lead poisoning prevention programs run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been drastically cut, reports the New York Times.
  • (PRLog (free press release))
  • SPOKANE – Scientists at Washington State University were able to save a bald eagle that was found in Idaho suffering from lead poisoning, and this week, they released the majestic predator back into the wild.
  • (Olympian)
  • 3,000 pounds of lead into the environment annually and causes the death of 20 million birds each year from lead poisoning, said Jeff Miller, a conservation advocate at one of the groups, the Center for Biological Diversity.
  • (New York Times)
  • Lead poisoning is a very serious problem which as reported by MayoClinic.com occurs when lead builds up in the body, often over a period of months or years. Serious health problems can result from even small amounts of lead poisoning.
  • (Examiner)
  • Lead Kills Millions of Birds, Including Eagles, Condors, and Hurts Human Health Washington, D.C.
  • (Kansas City infoZine)

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