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The Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning has been using the federal award to expand its programs around training, education, ...
For many months now, the city of Milwaukee has been grappling with a lead poisoning crisis that has forced at least four schools to temporarily close and dozens more to undergo rigorous inspections.
The topic of lead poisoning is back in the news after officials confirmed a case last week at the Golda Meir Lower School. The topic of lead poisoning is back in the news after officials confirmed ...
Why are high lead levels so dangerous, especially to children? What are the symptoms of lead poisoning, and what treatments exist for it? And how much of a public health impact will removing all ...
At the peak of the U.S. lead-poisoning epidemic, hundreds of children were hospitalized with lead encephalopathy every summer, and one in four died. 9 Humans are currently exposed to levels of ...
Rubin is a lead-poisoning prevention advocate whose youngest sons developed permanent disabilities from exposure to it as infants. When she tested the trendy Stanley Quencher tumbler, she received ...
Today, there is a lead poisoning crisis raging on a far greater scale — and hardly anyone is talking about it. Yet the yearly global funding for tackling lead poisoning in developing countries ...
A student has tested positive for lead poisoning after being exposed to lead at an MPS school, according to the Milwaukee Health Department. The student attends Golda Meir Lower Campus ...
Between 2018 and 2021, Milwaukee County accounted for the majority of childhood lead poisoning cases statewide, despite being home to only 20% of Wisconsin children under six years old.
FDA inspects maker of lead-tainted applesauce pouches in Ecuador The FDA said this week that at least 64 young children from 27 states have reported illnesses potentially linked to the products ...