Lead poisoning highly prevalent among school-aged children in Uganda
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 07:14
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that children living near the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, Uganda, have blood lead levels nearly 20 times as high as the typical lead level found in U.S. children. The data are published in the current issue of Environmental Health Perspectives...