Gardening, Lead Contamination, and Children

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Garden crops can be a source of lead contamination for you and your children if the ground receives heavy toxic deposits from house paint, past industrial use of the land, or current industrial emissions of lead vapor.
Garden crops can be a source of lead contamination for you and your children if the ground receives heavy toxic deposits from house paint, past industrial use of the land, or current industrial emissions of lead vapor.
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Auto exhaust from leaded gasoline was also once a major source of lead contamination.
Auto exhaust from leaded gasoline was also once a major source of lead contamination.
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Leaded house paint, such as the chipped covering on old lumber, can cause irreversible brain damage in youngsters if ingested. 
Leaded house paint, such as the chipped covering on old lumber, can cause irreversible brain damage in youngsters if ingested. 
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A blood test will determine your child's lead intake. 
A blood test will determine your child's lead intake. 

… if we’re letting the lead industry getaway with dangerous pollution, we should do something
about the lead industry …”
 
— Dr. John Gofman

Some 5,000 years ago, the human race smelted the first

  • Published on Jul 1, 1981
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