The fires enabled the first real-time data on airborne lead, thanks to a pioneering air quality measurement network. The Atmospheric Science and Chemistry mEasurement NeTwork (ASCENT) site collects ...

The fires enabled the first real-time data on airborne lead ... vulnerable to its neurodevelopmental effects. While chronic lead exposure is well-documented, the effects of short-term spikes ...

few have analyzed the effect of exposure to lead on infants' health, so we know little about the extent of harm to infants' health from airborne lead in settings with modern medical care and at ...

Further still, another danger has arisen from the wildfires—large amounts of inhalable, airborne lead ... made since 2018 in reducing childhood lead poisoning. It described various removal ...

Elites were exposed to lead through water pipes, cooking pots, bath tubs, cosmetics and the syrups that sweetened their wine. But the most widespread exposure for Romans came from industrial ...

“Additional health research is needed, because airborne lead levels alone do not necessarily indicate exposure,” the report says. There is no safe level of exposure to lead, according to the ...

few have analyzed the effect of exposure to lead on infants' health, so we know little about the extent of harm to infants' health from airborne lead in settings with modern medical care and at ...

CDC researchers point out that airborne lead levels alone do not measure the total level of exposure a person might have in the environment. It's also not clear how this very short term exposure ...