Researcher calls findings ‘infuriating’ as team finds significant impact on cognitive development
Over 170 million Americans who were adults in 2015 were exposed to harmful levels of lead as children, a new study estimates.
Researchers used blood-lead level, census and leaded gasoline consumption data to examine how widespread early childhood lead exposure was in the country between 1940 and 2015.
(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/07/lead-exposure-us-children-cognitive