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Article: 20 million kids in US most vulnerable to lead poisoning
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- August 20, 2008
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Washington, Aug. 20 -- A constant dose of chronic lead poisoning from contaminated soil affects hundreds of thousands more children in the US than the more-publicised acute attacks of lead poisoning that are linked to imported toys or jewellery.
According to 2007 US Census Bureau data, there are approximately 20 million children below five in the US who are most susceptible to the harmful affects of lead poisoning.
Gabriel M. Filippelli, professor of earth sciences at Indiana and Purdue universities, noted that about two percent of these children (approximately 400,000) have lead poisoning, many in epidemic proportions.