Monday, May 18, 2009

Study: Lead Threatens Brains of School-Age Children, Not Just Toddlers


By Dan Shapley
The Daily Green
May 18, 2009

Parents have long been cautioned to pay close attention to their children's blood lead levels before the age of six, because that's when children are most vulnerable to the damage from lead poisoning. New research suggests the risk of permanent brain damage, learning and behavioral problems may be most acute at the later end of that range, not at age two, as current public health guidelines seem to suggest.