Study: 50% of Kids Have Lead in Their Blood (VIDEO)
Young children are at greatest risk for lead poisoning because they spend a lot of time on the floor where lead sources are likely to be found.
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Young children are at greatest risk for lead poisoning because they spend a lot of time on the floor where lead sources are likely to be found.
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"Lead poisoning in children can actually show as ADHD. So, it can be misdiagnosed sometimes, and kiddos might not be getting those lead tests," Kiernan Scott says.
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© Greg Nash On May 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what Congress told EPA almost three decades ago: EPA must update its standards so that children are safe from the irreversible harms of lead found in household paint, dust and soil. Since Congress first directed EPA to set these standards, the agency has failed to do what is right time and time again. This time it must be different. EPA’s most recent, inadequate update came 10 years after it promised to update the standards. The agency dragged its feet despite growing eviden...