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Recent Examples of lead poisoning from the Web
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Other eagles haven't been so fortunate, with some dying from lead poisoning.
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More than 4,900 children in Maryland have been diagnosed with lead poisoning in the past decade.
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Rather than reducing lead exposure, federal and local policies further concentrated it among urban communities of color, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy about lead poisoning as a disease of poverty.
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For young children, lead poisoning can cause learning disabilities, hearing loss and behavior problems.
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Jiquanda Johnson found that larger newsrooms weren’t covering the entire story of her Michigan town, the center of the lead poisoning crisis, and started the site to offer a more local, holistic take on community journalism.
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These include spending on medical treatment, special education and, sometimes, crime due to the behavioural problems that can be caused by lead poisoning.
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Only Hales Corners had a clean slate with no reports of lead poisoning in the 101 children tested.
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Many people who live in Silver Valley suffer from health problems related to heavy metal pollution, including lead poisoning.
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