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Nearly 10,000 Children in Hunan Poisoned by Lead
Binzhou :: China | 3 years ago
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Nearly 10,000 children were found to have abnormally high levels of lead in their blood. They represent close to half of the children who were tested for the toxic metal in Binzhou, a city in Hunan Province. Authorities reacted by asking medical
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China hit by new lead poisoning scare
Chenzhou :: China | 3 years ago
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Nearly 200 people have been diagnosed with excessive lead levels in their blood in an area of China which suffered a similar health scare last year, state media reported Wednesday. Local authorities said 45 children and 152 adults were diagnosed with
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18 RI children receive lead paint settlement
Pawtucket :: RI :: USA | 3 years ago
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R.I.— Lawyers say 18 youths affected by lead poisoning will receive compensation from their former landlords as part of a recent court settlement. Motley Rice, the law firm representing the children and their parents, says the compensation has been
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19 hospitalized in lead poisoning case
Guiyang :: China | 3 years ago
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The latest lead poisoning case in Central China's Hunan province has left 19 villagers hospitalized after some of them complained of abdominal pains early this month. This is the second case involving poisoning from lead pollution in Hunan within
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Lead poisonings linked to Indian imports
Mumbai :: India | 3 years ago
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Boston researchers have linked lead poisoning in four local children to imported Indian powders and food spices, and follow-up tests found some ceremonial powders and spices sold in local specialty grocery stores contained detectable amounts of the
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Harvard Medical Adviser: Tips for reducing your family's exposure to lead
Kankakee :: IL :: USA | 3 years ago
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Our real estate agent told us to take special precautions to protect our children from lead paint...Colonial New Englanders used it to make pewter pots and tableware, for example. In the 1920s, fuel companies began adding lead to gasoline to boost
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Indian sindoor poisonous: US Scientists
Brussels :: Belgium | 3 years ago
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Young children who regularly ingest Indian spices and ceremonial powders like vermilion, or sindoor, may be exposed to lead, a dangerous neurotoxin, an American study has claimed. The study carried out by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and
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Returning to the Wild
Conway :: AR :: USA | 3 years ago
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Two trumpeter swans unfurled their large wings and set off to their newfound freedom Monday at the quiet shores of Lake 16. In a rush of energy that exposed their 8-foot wing spans and sent ripples echoing across the water, the birds eagerly returned
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China defends detention of lead poisoning victims who sought medical help
Zhangjiakou :: China | 3 years ago
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The country has paid a high environmental price for 20 years of rapid economic development and lead pollution is common, in Hunan province and elsewhere. Photograph: AFP Chinese authorities have defended the six-month detention of lead poisoning
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Lead Risk Lurks in Spice Rack
Boston :: MA :: USA | 3 years ago
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The curry powder in your cabinet may pose a lead poisoning risk to your children, according to a new study. Researchers in Boston have linked at least four cases of lead poisoning in children to the use of Indian spices or ceremonial powders.
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