Lead Poisoning

A raptor was discovered earlier this month in Busse Woods near Elk Grove Village, and may have been part of one of six known pairs in Cook County. Avian flu is wreaking havoc not just on barnyard birds, but on wild flocks and the egg supply across the country.

The Biden administration promised change for overpolluted communities in the South. Four years later, they're still waiting.

Learn how researchers examined lead levels in ice cores dating back to the Roman Empire, and found concentrations high enough to affect IQs.

Guidance could reduce lead exposure by about 20% to 30%

Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would have been affected by pollution from metal smelting during the Roman era

Lead pollution in ancient Rome likely dropped the average IQ, a study found. The research is based on an analysis of ice cores extracted from Greenland.

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There are several things consumers should be thinking about when it comes to lead—and other heavy metals—in cinnamon.

Paint that contains lead was banned in 1978, but more than 30 million American homes are believed to still contain it, including nearly 4 million homes where children under the age of 6 live.

1.5 million people die from lead exposure a year. This new global partnership could change that.

By all accounts, Milagra the "miracle" California condor shouldn't be alive today.

Kiley Reid answers your letters.

The FDA issued a major public health alert over lead-contaminated ground cinnamon

A new study by Consumer Reports has found alarming levels of lead in some vegetable puffs marketed for small children. The consumer advocacy group tested

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New research suggests that exposure to fluoride during pregnancy could be linked to behavioral issues in children.

A new system could enable simple, low-cost detectors for monitoring water for lead contamination, and potentially other heavy metals as well.

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