Boy, was I grateful to read Dr. William G. Wilkoff's column regarding lead exposure ("Heavy Metal Tales," Letters From Maine, February 2008, p. 24).
It was nice to hear a little levelheaded thinking about a safety issue. As I dutifully wade through all of the journals and medical newspapers, I am accumulating a daunting mountain of dangers about which I am cautioned to warn parents. Sometimes I feel like telling them just to put their kids in an empty padded room and feed them oatmeal (but not cooked in aluminum!) for 18 years.
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