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Poisoned By Their Homes: How The US Is Failing Children Exposed To Lead [1]

"Hundreds of thousands of children in the US remain at risk of exposure to lead, which causes cognitive and behavioral deficits

Antoinette Catholdi-Dow, a 30-year-old mother of two, first started noticing little bite marks on the window sills in 2015, when her son was about two and a half years old.

The window sills were the perfect height to help her toddler pull himself up to stand and walk. Eventually, Catholdi-Dow would enter the room and catch her son nibbling along their edges."

Anna Almendrala reports for the Guardian June 26, 2019. [2]

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"Is Modern Life Poisoning Me? I Took The Tests To Find Out" (Guardian) [3]

"What Banned Substances Might Be Hiding In Your Groceries?" (Guardian) [4]

"US Cosmetics Are Full Of Chemicals Banned By Europe – Why?" (Guardian) [5]

Toxic America series page (Guardian) [6]

 

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Source: Guardian [2], 06/27/2019
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/poisoned-their-homes-how-us-failing-children-exposed-lead [2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/26/lead-exposure-us-childrens-blood-as-detectors [3] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/22/is-modern-life-poisoning-me-i-took-the-tests-to-find-out [4] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2019/may/29/chemical-checkout-what-might-be-hiding-in-your-groceries [5] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/22/chemicals-in-cosmetics-us-restricted-eu [6] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/toxic-america [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [12] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81