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Lead Paint Poisoning
Lead Paint Likely In Older Homes
Apr 20, 2003 | Pensacola News Journal
The City of Pensacola already has evidence that potentially thousands of older homes in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties could have lead in them.The...
Young Victim Suffers Effects of Poisoning
Apr 20, 2003 | Pensacola News Journal
Lead poisoning has defined Tyron Bender`s life.Diagnosed when only 1 year old, the toxic metal severely limited the development of his brain and...
Damage Caused By Lead Exposure Lingers Lifetime
Apr 20, 2003 | Pensacola News Journal
Few things have a more negative impact on a child`s health than lead poisoning especially during the first six years of life."That`s when the brain...
Study: Lead Drops IQ At Lower Levels Than Thought
Apr 18, 2003 | Knight Ridder Newspapers
Lead poisoning may impair children's intelligence at a far lower level than is stipulated in current federal health guidelines, meaning that...
Study: Even Low Lead Levels Affect Kids' IQ
Apr 17, 2003 | www.thewmurchannel.com
Even a little bit of lead is too much, according to a new study published in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. A five-year...
Study: Kids' Lead Levels Unsafe
Apr 17, 2003 | Los Angeles Times
Lead levels now widely believed to be safe in children actually produce a severe impact on intellectual development, researchers report.Blood levels...
Even Lower Lead Levels Harmful
Apr 17, 2003 | Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Exposure to levels of lead that have been regarded as safe actually can cause dramatic drops in the IQ scores of young children, a new study...
Virginia Lead-Paint Suit Wins $2 Million Jury Verdict Against Landlords
Apr 11, 2003 | The Virginian-Pilot
A jury ordered landlords this week to pay $2 million to a 7-year-old girl in one of the first lead-poisoning cases to reach trial in Virginia. The...
Lead Poisoning Hurt Development of Woman’s Son
Apr 9, 2003 | Durham Herald Sun
Sara Kerley’s life changed when she found out her home was poisoning her son. After Kerley and her husband separated in 1997, she moved back to her...
Parents Warned of Toxic Tar Ponds Soil
Apr 7, 2003 | Toronto Star
Mothers were once again warned to keep their children out of the toxic dirt of a polluted neighbourhood in Cape Breton yesterday as the latest in a...
Lead Paint Poisoning
