Lead exposure: what a toxic schools bulletin stresses
Lead exists naturally in deep earth layers, but any exposure of humans to lead is unsafe. The toxic schools bulletin summary links lead exposure to kidney and heart damage, blood pressure rise, and dangerous cardiac outcomes, and it highlights child brain function impairment with long-term cognitive and behavioural harms.
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