4 stories tagged lead-poisoning, newest first.
337 points by perihelions | 162 comments
NPR Goats and Soda article and radio segment on how lead chromate pigment added to turmeric was traced as a cause of lead poisoning from Bangladesh to New York.
385 points by Hooke | 162 comments
Smithsonian Magazine article profiling physician Alice Hamilton and her campaign against workplace hazards and the widespread use of toxic lead.
416 points by wglb | 399 comments
Medical Xpress news article on a study finding lead poisoning causes far more deaths and IQ loss worldwide than previously estimated.
370 points by coopernewby | 171 comments
Stanford Medicine Magazine article on how Stanford researchers traced lead poisoning in Bangladesh to lead chromate added to turmeric by spice sellers.