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2. Parents on how lead poisoning upended their lives: 'It's been ...

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   Children under 6 are especially vulnerable to the effects of lead exposure, which is easily absorbed into their system, the CDC says.

3. Lead Exposure Elimination Project - Wikipedia

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   The Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP) is an international non-governmental organization aimed at reducing lead exposure in low and middle income countries. [1] Based in London, England , it was founded in 2020 to promote research and advocacy on the prevalence and consequences of lead poisoning in the developing world. [ 1 ]

4. Applesauce recall shows importance of testing all children ...

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   In Pennsylvania, 55.4% of children born in the state in 2018 were tested for blood lead before their second birthday. Of those tested, 1.74% (1,300 children) had elevated blood lead levels.

5. These parents didn't know why their children had lead ... - AOL

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   Her 1-year-old son, Caiden, had been eating the cinnamon applesauce pouches almost every day for about a month. In March, a blood test revealed that Caiden had a blood lead level of 13 micrograms ...

6. Lead poisoning - Wikipedia

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   Features of poisoning differ depending on whether the agent is an organic compound (one that contains carbon), or an inorganic one. [29] Organic lead poisoning is now very rare, because countries across the world have phased out the use of organic lead compounds as gasoline additives, but such compounds are still used in industrial settings. [29]

7. Blood lead level - Wikipedia

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   The CDC now publishes a "reference" blood lead level which they hope can decrease in coming years. The reference value is "based on the 97.5th percentile of the BLL distribution among children 1–5 years old in the United States". [9] As of 2021, the value is set at 3.5 μg/dL. [5] It is not a level deemed by the CDC as "safe".