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STOP THE LEAD POISONING: Health Ranger advises natural products retailers to pull all Shilajit products delivering over 1 microgram of lead per day

9/21/2016 - Following the publishing of accredited heavy metals test results showing the majority of Shilajit products containing concerning levels of lead, a toxic heavy metal, today I am officially urging health product retailers nationwide to pull all Shilajit products delivering over 1 microgram of lead per...

Every neighborhood in America mapped to show risk levels of lead contamination in the water supply

8/19/2016 - Neighborhoods where kids face the highest risk of lead poisoning exist all across America. The trouble is that exposure risk is surprisingly difficult estimate, due to a variety of state-by-state differences in reporting standards. So we worked with epidemiologists in Washington state to estimate...

Lead exposure linked to emotional problems, anxiety and pervasive developmental problems in children

4/3/2016 - Even relatively low levels of lead exposure can produce emotional disorders in children, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics on June 30. "Our study is showing that even low levels of lead is associated with...

Prenatal lead exposure a trigger for obesity: Research

9/7/2014 - A new study has determined that despite previous claims to the contrary, there is no safe level of lead exposure. Testing the prenatal exposure to lead in a group of mice, researchers discovered that even minor levels of consistent lead exposure could trigger obesity during the early stages of life. Combining...

Even very low lead exposure causes children's reading scores to fall

1/14/2014 - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was wrong in its assessment of how much lead is safe for children. Researchers from the University of Maryland (UM) in Baltimore recently found that children with blood lead levels ranging between 5 and 9 mcg/dL (micrograms per deciliter) --...

ADHD symptoms caused by lead exposure, new study claims

2/16/2010 - What causes the frequently diagnosed behavioral problem in children known as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that leads to countless youngsters being given side-effect laden stimulant drugs? Research has focused on genes and, more recently, on the idea that multiple environmental...

Childhood lead exposure linked to increased injuries as teens (press release)

11/20/2006 - Teenagers who experienced high blood-lead levels during childhood appear to suffer more accidental injuries than those who had lower lead exposure, according to new research conducted by University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health experts. The UC team reports these findings in the October...

Long-term lead exposure linked to cognitive decline in older adults (press release)

11/2/2006 - Older adults exposed to high levels of lead before the 1980s are showing signs of cognitive decrements as a result of long-term lead exposure in their communities, according to a study published in the online edition of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The...

Study links lead exposure to brain cancer in adults (press release)

10/16/2006 - People who are routinely exposed to lead on the job are 50 percent more likely to die from brain cancer than people who are not exposed, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study. More than 18,000 brain and spinal cord tumors will be diagnosed in the United States this year. Yet...

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