Lead poisoning

...with autism was treated. Researchers at Cornell University and University of California, Santa Cruz, had found that rats without lead poisoning showed signs of cognitive damage after being treated with a chelator. Doctors associated with...

In this article: Autism, Autism Research Institute, Chicago, Mercury, Vitamin B12, and Inflammation

...the department said it's important to follow lead-safe practices to protect young children from lead poisoning. Of the childhood lead poisonings investigated by IDPH, 75 percent were exposed to lead from home remodeling projects. The...

In this article: Iowa, Brain damage, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The group found violations of the new lead paint standards, as well as a cell phone charm that contained 71 percent lead by weight. Lead poisoning can cause irreversible learning disabilities, behavioral problems and, at very high...

In this article: E mail, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Washington

...increasingly believe that lead has more subtle effects at much lower doses than the level used as the threshold in state-mandated testing for lead poisoning. The most common sources of lead contamination are lead paint in buildings built...

In this article: ADHD, Tobacco, Polychlorinated biphenyl, Dopamine, Toxin, Calcium, Environmental Protection Agency, and Asthma

...quarterback. It would have been a bad loss because their own offense shot itself in the foot enough with turnovers and penalties to get lead poisoning. On a day in which their two main division rivals eked out fortunate wins at the...

In this article: Andy Reid, Chicago Bears, Donovan McNabb, New York Giants, Legal age, Antonio Dixon, Super Bowl, and LeSean McCoy

...State Health Department, warned lead-containing spices or inks from the wrappers may adhere to the candy. Among the signs of lead poisoning in children: reduced attentiveness, diminished energy, unexplained hyperactivity and...

In this article: Raul Grijalva, Candy, Gabrielle Giffords, E-mail, Ann Kirkpatrick, Republican Party, and Harry Mitchell

...they say he "may" be deported after his prison term?! And they want to evaluate his mental health to decide if he should be in a prison?! How about having this dirtbag dying of a good case of lead poisoning? Say, maybe, a dose of .45 or 9mm?

In this article: North Bergen, Defendant, Hudson County, NJ, Parole, and Jersey City

...relatively small amounts of lead, Center for Environmental Health spokesperson Charles Margulis said they are dangerous because lead poisoning is cumulative. "That much lead might not hurt a kid, but kids don't live in isolation. If...

In this article: Jerry Brown, Mattel, Playmates Toys, Bell Sports, Tuesday Morning, Walgreens, Disney, and Wal-Mart

China faces reckoning over lead production Lead poisoning has become an issue in a region where a cluster of factories produced lead for car batteries for years. With thousands sickened, mostly children, nearby villages are being...

In this article: Jiyuan, Diarrhea, China, Nausea, and Los Angeles Times