Lead Exposure Impacts Are Even Worse Than Previous Estimates, New Study Finds

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By Paige BennettNov 21, 2023, 1:56 pm196 pts
A new study has found that lead exposure is more deadly than previous estimates, with about 5.5 million adults dying from cardiovascular disease linked to lead exposure in 2019 alone. People have long known that high exposures of lead are dangerous. And since the 1970s, we’ve known that even minimal lead…

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