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Article: Lead Poisoning Still Leads in Environmental Risk Issues.(Brief Article)
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- Public Management
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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Lead poisoning is a preventable disease caused by the ingestion (swallowing or inhaling) of lead. Even small amounts of lead paint chips or dust particles can be harmful to the body. Lead poisoning can affect people of any age, race, geographic region, spoken language, or socioeconomic level. Despite enormous progress in reducing some commonly used lead components (e.g. in gasoline and household paint) in recent years, many American children still suffer disproportionately from lead poisoning. Indeed, about one million children in America have high levels of lead in their blood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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