Lead
The essential data about lead explained in 3 infographics. Detailed charts and tables covering elevated blood lead levels in usa children, toxics & biotechnology, toxic chemicals and more. Learn the truth about lead and how it relates to the state of the world on The Global Education Project website with un-biased facts from the most reliable sources.
According to the CDC, more than half a million children ages 1 to 5 in the U.S. have blood lead levels high enough to damage their health, mostly from exposure to chips and dust of lead paint.
Globally, it is estimated that in 2017, lead exposure accounted...
A look at toxic chemical use (including Glyphosate, PCBs, DDT, dioxin, PBDE, lead, and mercury); safety testing; groundwater contamination; air pollution; the increase in biotechnology and pesticides in agriculture; nuclear toxicity.
In 1998 the US Environmental Protection Agency did a study of the hazard data available on 2,863 chemicals that the US imported or produced in quantities greater than 1 million lbs/year. Most had never been tested to determine how toxic they were to humans...
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