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Global Lead Exposure Still Costs Trillions and Endangers Children, Study Finds
- Lead pollution continues to threaten health and widen inequality, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, despite the global phase-out of leaded gasoline.
- Childhood lead exposure costs the world more than US$3.4 trillion in lost economic potential each year, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
- Blood lead levels have plateaued or risen in parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, even as they fell in high-income countries.
- Lead can damage the developing brain, lowering IQ and contributing to behavioral issues, necessitating vigilance against new sources of exposure.
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Global lead exposure still costs trillions and endangers children, study finds
Lead poisoning was once thought to largely be a problem of the past, as the globe gradually weaned itself off leaded gasoline in road vehicles in 2021. But has global lead pollution truly been resolved?
·United Kingdom
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Global Lead Exposure Still Costs Trillions and Endangers Children, NUS Study Finds
Lead poisoning was once thought to largely be a problem of the past, as the globe gradually weaned itself off leaded gasoline in road vehicles in 2021. But has global lead pollution truly been resolved?A new study led by Dr Chen Mengli, a Research Fellow from the Tropical Marine Science Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with researchers from Imperial College London, University of Warwick, University of Oxf…
·Charlottesville, United States
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