Lead is a neurotoxin that has been shown to adversely affect cognitive functioning and
development in children. 1 Infants and children are more vulnerable to lead exposure …

Few pediatric public health issues have generated as much publicity, controversy, and
concern as that of exposure to lead and its effects on the developing nervous system …

Lead poisons children; extremely high levels can be devastating and may lead to coma and
death. Even moderate levels can create a long-term negative effect on a child's …

AIM To test the hypothesis that children with behavioural and/or developmental problems
have significantly higher blood lead concentrations than the general childhood population …

Although acute and subacute lead toxicity requiring active treatment is rare in Canada,
paediatricians need to be aware of new evidence linking lower lead levels to …

Although acute and subacute lead toxicity requiring active treatment is rare in Canada,
paediatricians need to be aware of new evidence linking lower lead levels to …

Background Lead is a pervasive environmental contaminant. Lead accumulates in the body,
impairing a molecular level various cellular processes. Lead exposure during childhood …

By using motor developmental status as the outcome measurement, Dietrich et al, 1 in the
current issue, have tried to lend objectivity to the controversial question of whether …

Over the past fifteen years, knowledge of the spectrum of lead neurotoxicity has increased
dramatically. Since 1979, when Needleman and colleagues1 showed that deciduous tooth …

In recent years, the median blood lead concentration in the United States has decreased
from 15 ug/dL (micrograms per deciliter) a generation ago to approximately 2 ug/dL in 1999 …