#leadexposure — Public Fediverse posts

Bosnian town seeks answers after hundreds test positive for lead in their blood https://www.byteseu.com/1996695/ #BloodTests #Bosnia #BosniaAndHerzegovina #BosniaHerzegovina #DundeePreciousMetals #Herzegovina #LeadExposure #LeadLevels #ProcessingPlant #VARES

What is a common source of lead exposure in homes?
A) Glass windows
B) Plastic pipes
C) Old paint
D) Floor tiles
#lead #leadexposure #heavymetals #toxicity ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/1130092409221646/posts/1283949613835924

What is a common source of lead exposure in homes?
A) Glass windows
B) Plastic pipes
C) Old paint
D) Floor tiles
#lead #leadexposure #heavymetals #toxicity ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/1130092409221646/posts/1283949613835924

What is a common source of lead exposure in homes?
A) Glass windows
B) Plastic pipes
C) Old paint
D) Floor tiles
#lead #leadexposure #heavymetals #toxicity ... Continue to: https://www.facebook.com/1130092409221646/posts/1283949613835924

Lead Limited Brain and Language Development in Neanderthals and Other Hominids?

https://today.ucsd.edu/story/did-lead-limit-brain-and-language-development-in-neanderthals-and-other-extinct-hominids

#HackerNews #LeadExposure #BrainDevelopment #Neanderthals #Hominids #LanguageEvolution

I doubt other countries were much better off. All to avoid using a cheap commonly available chemical to avoid engine knock. I've posted an article on it before, I'll try to remember to find it again. Of course I'll probably forget, leaded gas y'know.

#leadedgasoline #leadexposure #lead #neurotoxicity #capitalism

Lead Exposure in Last Century Shrank IQ Scores of Half of Americans | Duke Today
https://today.duke.edu/2022/03/lead-exposure-last-century-shrunk-iq-scores-half-americans#:~:text=The%20researchers%20calculated%20that%20at,than%20seven%20IQ%20points%20on

#LeadPollution was associated with 9⃣0⃣2⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ to 1⃣.5⃣4⃣ million deaths in 2019/2021 (@WHO, #GBDstudy).

#GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #UN #SDG3 #LeadExposure
https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/342273/WHO-HEP-ECH-EHD-21.01-eng.pdf
https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/diseases-injuries-risks/factsheets/2021-lead-exposure-level-3-risk

The Hidden Crisis Poisoning America's Kids
More Perfect Union
#Science #Engineering #Infrastructure #Environment #Health #Water #Lead #LeadExposure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VpwgG0P8VU

I gave up taking psyllium husk because it tends to be contaminated with lead.

Blood lead levels can vary with season due to seasonal changes in bone resorption rates.

Season modifies the relationship between bone and blood lead levels: the Normative Aging Study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12641191/

Makes me wonder if people who move to lower latitudes when they retire are on to something.

#lead #LeadMetal #LeadExposure

#Biden's plan to remove #lead water lines may benefit these states the most
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/bidens-plan-remove-lead-water-lines-benefit-states/story #USpol

"The proposal, led by the Environmental Protection Agency (#EPA), is an attempt to protect Americans from #LeadExposure, which can cause severe health issues... Four states - #Florida, #Illinois, #Ohio and #Pennsylvania - contain nearly 40% of all lead service lines in the US... The proposed rule would really benefit low-income families of color, who are most impacted by lead exposure"

EU Parliament endorses new limits for lead and diisocyanates exposure https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/eu-parliament-endorses-new-limits-for-lead-and-diisocyanates-exposure/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Health #leadexposure #workers

EU Parliament endorses new limits for lead and diisocyanates exposure https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/eu-parliament-endorses-new-limits-for-lead-and-diisocyanates-exposure/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Health #leadexposure #workers

EPA expands “high priority” probe into AT&T, Verizon lead-contaminated cables - Enlarge (credit: Ronald Martinez / Staff | Getty Images News)

... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1995742 #environmentalprotectionagency #telecommunicationscompanies #leadcontamination #leadexposure #verizon #policy #telcos #at&t #epa

Millions of #LeadPipes would finally be ripped out under proposed #EPA rule https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/bidens-epa-proposes-water-rule-to-finally-ditch-lead-pipes-within-10-years/ @arstechnica

"The rule is part of a larger effort by the #Biden administration to reduce #LeadExposure in children and advance #EnvironmentalJustice. Lead exposure disproportionately affects low-income communities and communities of color."

#Lead #USpol #JoeBiden #Democrats #Pollution

Consumer Reports finds concerning lead and cadmium levels in chocolate: Hershey at large

#Business #chocolate #consumerreports #FDA #health #HealthNews #Hershey #leadexposure
https://theaegisalliance.com/2023/10/26/consumer-reports-finds-concerning-lead-and-cadmium-levels-in-chocolate/?feed_id=15035&_unique_id=653a30e833292

Living near a lead mine in childhood is linked to greater cognitive decline in old age – those exposed as children had steeper declines in memory/attention and worse language/executive function. #NICHDImpact #LeadExposure #Cognition #ChildDevelopment
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35146115

Living near a lead mine in childhood is linked to greater cognitive decline in old age – those exposed as children had steeper declines in memory/attention and worse language/executive function.
#NICHDImpact #LeadExposure #CognitiveDecline #Memory #Attention #Cognition
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35146115

Just 75 miles NW of the #EastPalestine train derailment, this factory explosion killed 1, severely injured several and may have caused #LeadExposure in the #OakwoodVillage community only a few weeks later. Where’s the outcry for them? … from @washingtonpost #RacialJustice #EnvironmentalJustice https://wapo.st/3LzVyGM

Living near a lead mine in childhood is linked to greater cognitive decline in old age – those exposed as children had steeper declines in memory/attention and worse language/executive function.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35146115

@cognition #NICHDImpact #LeadExposure #Cognition #Aging #LeadExposure #Health

Black and Hispanic Americans nationwide became more likely to avoid drinking tap water following the Flint Water Crisis.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34114536

#NICHDimpact #FlintMI #WaterQuality #SafeWater #Lead #LeadExposure #RaceandEthnicity