Lead in the environment causes violent crime, reports University of Pittsburgh researcher at AAAS
... have shown a strong relationship between sales of leaded gasoline and rates of violent crime. "The brain, particularly the frontal lobes, are important in the regulation of behavior," said Dr. Needleman. "Exposure to lead, at doses below those which bring children to medical attention, is associated with i...Accumulated lead exposure may be an important risk factor for cataracts
...e 1980 are contaminated by lead-based paint and/or leaded water pipes. Results of the present study suggest that cumulative lead exposure is a risk factor for cataract, which accounts for more than 40 percent of all cases of blindness worldwide," the authors write. They add that expenditures for cataract su...Hong Kong think tank calls for pollution standards
..."We suspect that most of it is coming from burning leaded gasoline, but we can't rule out other sources related to the intense industrial activity going on in the region." Another source of fine particulate matter is biomass from a variety of sources including crop residue and trash. "Biomass burning seems ...... sites, but in our inner cities. Auto exhaust from leaded gasoline and lead paint from older buildings have contaminated the soil in many cases exceeding the EPA threshold value of 400 parts per million. Children are exposed to the lead when they play outside, get dust on their hands, and track soil into th......other types of environments. Since the phaseout of leaded gasoline, lead concentrations have fallen in urban...1970s. The researchers estimated that cars burning leaded gasoline emitted 33,000 tons of lead in the Sacramento and San Joaquin drainage basins in the 1960s ...International study provides important benchmark for countries still using leaded gasoline
...nal's website on Oct. 1. "Most countries still use leaded gasoline," according to the study's lead authorVal...d States and Venezuela. In some locations, even if leaded gasoline is eliminated other sources of leadcontamination could cause blood lead levels to remain a...... for a fewhours. Our data thus shows that burning leaded candles can result in extensivecontamination of the air and house dust with lead," Nriagu said. In general, Nriagu found that metal cores in Chinese candles were made of eitherpure lead or lead alloy while those made in the United States or Mexicocon...