Lead Levels in Children's Jewelry Match those of Car Batteries ... Calgary Herald - April 9, 2008 Wearing jewelry made of lead is not a health risk, but lead poisoning can be fatal if children chew, suck or swallow it. Doug Perovic, chairman of the ...

Children and Lead Americus Times-Recorder - April 6, 2008 So, this is a great opportunity to learn about keeping children safe from the risk of lead poisoning. Children face more serious risks from lead exposure ...

Keeping Kids Safe from Lead South Bend Tribune - Apri; 1, 2008 A lead poisoning prevention bill passed by the Indiana General Assembly in March creates a study committee to work out new rules for state and local health ...

Toxic Toys: Game Over Hartford Courant - March 30, 2008 Last year, not only did the Bush administration fail to tighten restrictions on chemicals of concern in children's products, but Congress also conspicuously ...

Protect Yourself from Harmful Toxins Stop Aging Now - March 28, 2008 Toxic chemicals are bad for your brain. Exposure to a common industrial solvent, trichloroethylene, can lead to Parkinson’s disease ...

Lead Found in Vinyl Diaper Bags, Changing Pads Chicago Daily Herald - March 26, 2008 Illinois has one of the toughest laws nationwide regarding lead poisoning prevention. The law was passed in 2006 and bans any children's product that ...

New Study Finds Lead Isn’t the Only Toxic Chemical in Popular Toys Illinois PIRG - March 19, 2008 ... lead in toys made of PVC, the new testing for plasticizers known as phthalates shows that many common toys contain high levels of these toxic chemicals. ...

Plastic Easter Eggs Linked to Lead Paint The Associated Press - March 18, 2008 A chemistry professor who raised an earlier warning flag about toxic lead levels in toy jewelry didn't have to look far for evidence of ...

Body Piercing: Don't Get Stuck With a Toxic Stud U.S. News & World Report - March 18, 2008 If you need more ammo to convince your teenager that body piercing has its downside, consider these two words: lead poisoning. That's one point I hadn't ...

Dentists Learn Lead in Dental Crowns Threatens Up to 20% of US ... PR-USA.net - March 17, 2008 News reports recently surfaced that a 73-year-old Ohio woman had fallen ill of lead poisoning. The culprit? Her new dental bridge, fabricated in a Chinese ...

Attorney: Lead Poisoning Contributed To Crime KETV.com - March 14, 2008 Childhood lead poisoning could get an Omaha defendant's carjacking case knocked down to juvenile court. Mary Likely, 15, is charged with robbery after an ...

Grants Aims to Reduce Lead Poisoning in Infants Utica Observer Dispatch - March 14, 2008 Oneida County will use a $273000 grant from the state to reduce lead poisoning among children born in 2008 who live in the Cornhill ...

Are Dangerous Toxins Lurking in Your Everyday Products? Chicago Tribune - March 11, 2008 ... us take care to avoid notorious risks such as mercury-laden fish, lead paint and cigarette smoke—all of which contain chemicals proven to do a body bad. ...

All About the Dangers of Lead Poisoning Monroenews.com - March 8, 2008 n Four children had blood-lead levels that were considered at the action level of concern (10 ug/dL or higher). n 92 children had blood-lead levels that ...

Household Pesticides Linked to Childrens' Intellectual Impairment The Tech Herald - March 5, 2008 He added that future studies of lead contamination in children should also take into account the amount of exposure to pesticides though said the "horse may ...

Schools Closed as Yellow Dust Coats S. Korea Yonhap News - March 3, 2008 The annual spring winds carry heavy doses of hazardous heavy metals such as silicon, iron, aluminum, lead, cadmium and cooper from the Gobi Desert in ...

How Safe is your Baby's Bottle? Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - March 3, 2008 "Plastics are chemicals, they're made from chemicals," adds Rundberg, a mother of two. "I think it just stands to reason that when you put something in them ...

Early Exposure to Lead, Pollution Might Contribute to Mental ... Newsinferno.com - March 3, 2008 Studies on infant mice exposed to chemicals like PCBs show only very subtle effects in young adulthood. But more dramatic harm in areas like movement and ...

Chemicals in Scented Candles HealthNewsDigest.com - March 2, 2008 Despite laws against it, many candlewicks still contain lead, long linked to impaired learning and brain damage in children. Lead dispersed from burning ...

Foreign Dental Work Put To Test 10TV - Febrary 28, 2008 Casavant said adults can live with lead poisoning for years and not know it. "The symptoms are what we call non-specific - a little ache or a pain ...

The Ugly Side of Beauty Scotland on Sunday - Febrary 22, 2008 Lead, a neurotoxin (which damages or destroys nerve tissue] was recently found in some lipsticks. There is no short list of chemicals to avoid. ...

Prenatal Exposure To Lead Linked To Obesity In Males Science Daily - Febrary 21, 2008 Humans can encounter lead exposure through the soil, dust, air, water, paint and toys, and because lead accumulates in the body, even minimal lead exposure ...

Lead Poisoning Affects Children’s Intelligence News 10 Now - Febrary 20, 2008 “As physicians, we’re obligated to screen kids for lead poisoning at 12 and 24 months,” said Dr. Rich Kennedy. Dr. Kennedy sees many of the Rochester ...

Living with Lead Foster's Daily Democrat - Febrary 18, 2008 She could go on Ritalin or need ADD medication ... and it all started because at some point she had lead poisoning." Looten-Caceres recently called her ...

Batters Up Mother Earth News - Febrary , 2008 There may be good reason, therefore, to be particularly concerned about water-supply contamination in the summer, when both lead levels and drinking water ...

Murder Most Foul? - Lead Linked to Crime and Violence Jamaica Gleaner - Febrary 10, 2008 The enormous post-World War II use of leaded gasolene made lead poisoning common. The problem was especially severe for inner-city children who were ...

The Lead Poisoning Of Our Children Goes Beyond Toxic Toys Hartford Courant - Febrary 10, 2008 A new law dictates that next January, all children younger than 3 must be tested for lead. Lead poisoning is "the saddest preventable disease," Page says. ...

Chemicals in your Child's Environment About - Febrary 8, 2008 ... the more common chemicals that may be in their environment that may harm their children, including asbestos, carbon monoxide, lead, and most pesticides. ...

9/11 Toxic Dust Deaths Continue Free Market News Network - Febrary 7, 2008 The toxic dust was composed of harmful elements such as construction debris, glass and other fibers, and poisonous compounds such as lead, mercury, ...

Sniffing Out Poisons in Products CNET - Febrary 4, 2008 Portable machines that found lead in jewelry and children's toys also detect toxic chemicals in electronics and a broad array of consumer goods.

Potentially Toxic Chemicals Make Looking Good Kind of Scary Seattle Times - Febrary 3, 2008 Lipstick tainted with lead. Mascara that contains mercury. A hair-straightening treatment that slicks your tresses with protein ... and formaldehyde? As three...

A World Without Men Whole Life Times - Febrary 1, 2008 Gender-bending industrial chemicals are skewing the birth ratio in favor of baby girls. Could a world without men be a few short generations away? ...

Are Your Pets In Peril Of Lead Poisoning? CBS2 Chicago - Febrary 1, 2008 Read more in our Privacy Policy Are Your Pets In Peril Of Lead Poisoning? CHICAGO (CBS) ? You might be surprised to learn that no government agency ...