Half of Americans Exposed to Harmful Levels of Lead as Children

Yale e360
Mar 9, 2022, 5:28 pm146 pts
About half of U.S. adults alive today were exposed to harmful levels of lead as children from the burning of leaded gasoline, according to a new study, which estimates that lead contamination has lowered Americans' IQ scores by more than two points on average. Read more on E360 →

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