Can anyone truly say that there is nothing to worry about when exposing our children to any amount of lead? While permits may be in hand and levels of pollution/exposure may be “low,” can anyone truthfully say that those exposed would have “nothing to worry about.”
References/Resources
Environmental lead exposure and children’s cognitive function
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4675165/
Low-Level lead exposure and mortality in US adults: a population-based cohort study
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(18)30025-2/fulltext
The politics of lead toxicology and the devastating consequences for children.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17486583
Industry challenges to the principle of prevention in public health: the precautionary principle in historical perspective.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1497488/
Childhood lead poisoning prevention: too little, too late.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/200846
The Conquest of Lead Poisoning: A Pyrrhic Victory
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2022649/
Blood Lead Levels in Children: What Do Parents Need to Know to Protect Their Children?
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/acclpp/lead_levels_in_children_fact_sheet.pdf
Very low lead exposures and children’s neurodevelopment.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18332714
In harm’s way: toxic threats to child development.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11875286
Economic gains resulting from the reduction in children’s exposure to lead in the United States.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12055046