No kids were tested for IQ! So how do they know higher lead levels are even statistically associated with lower IQs? Continue reading
Category Archives: Lead
Claim: Kids living near ‘toxic waste sites’ get more lead, may have lower IQs
Posted in Lead, Toxic waste sites
Continued scares about lead in children
A study of Detroit children blamed dust from the soil and carried by the wind during the summer months for higher seasonal lead levels in children. Parents do not need to worry about letting their children play outside! Continue reading
Posted in Environmentalism, Lead
Is lead poisoning behind some juvenile crime?
No. “High” blood lead levels are a sign of poverty, which is associated with juvenile crime. Continue reading
Posted in Lead
Study casts doubt on link between cannabis, teen IQ drop
Defense of dope smoking brings out epidemiological skeptics. And why wouldn’t these criticisms also be true for the lead-IQ claims? Continue reading
Posted in Lead, Methodology
Greens exploit Newtown to remove lead from bullets
The Center for Biological Diversity tries to ride anti-NRA fervor. Continue reading
Posted in Lead
Follow the warming money
This might make you mad. That’s even more reason to read about it.
$1.9 million in environmental justice grants 10th May 2010 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $1.9 million in environmental justice grants to 76 non-profit organizations and local governments working on environmental justice issues nationwide. The grant program supports Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s priority to expand the conversation on environmentalism and work for environmental justice. Continue reading
Posted in EPA, IPCC, Lead, Env. Justice
Tagged government subsidies, EPA, China, AAAS, environmental justice
Lead ammunition still hampers condor recovery
A program aimed at restoring the endangered California condor to much of its historic range across the Southwest remains hampered by lead poisonings, shootings and predation but is making marked improvements in other areas, wildlife officials say. Continue reading
Posted in Endang. Species, Hunting, Lead
Lead poisoning blocks recovery of California condor population
Study confirms lead-based ammunition as primary source of lead in condors, shows population cannot recover as long as lead contamination persists Continue reading
There is evidence that childhood exposure to lead causes permanent damage
I was going to put this under “mining” in recognition of the the effort put into the data dredging involved Continue reading
Environmentalists take aim at toxic lead in ammunition
In a move opposed by many hunters, Jordan, along with 100 organizations in 35 states, wants the Environmental Protection Agency to ban or severely limit the use of toxic lead in hunting ammunition. Continue reading
Posted in EPA, Gun control, Hunting, Lead
Lead-paint rule counterproductive
“Rather than address the problem where it exists, the government has cast a net over the entire nation.” Continue reading
Posted in Lead
Lead-ammo ban sought to protect wildlife
A group of 100 environmental organizations has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate lead in ammunition as a toxic substance. Continue reading
Posted in Environmentalism, Gun control, Hunting, Lead
Shanghai Halts Johnson Controls Lead Processing
Sounds like Johnson Controls is being punished for some undisclosed slight of the ChiComs. Continue reading
EPA rejects bid to ban lead in fishing tackle
“Sportsmen and wildlife won a big battle.” Continue reading
Posted in Lead
Claim: Unsafe levels of lead still found in California youths
“Lead is all around us.” Continue reading
Posted in Lead
400 shades of lipstick found to contain lead, FDA says
“We do not consider the lead levels we found in the lipsticks to be a safety concern,” the FDA said. Continue reading
Could your Valentine’s kiss give you lead poisoning?
“The FDA, for its part, agreed there is no cause for alarm.” Continue reading
Leaded lipstick: How much is too much?
The FDA says, “our results do not show levels of lead in lipstick that would pose a safety concern.” Continue reading
Report: Small Airplanes A Major Source Of Lead Pollution
Lead only makes the media stupid. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, Lead
CDC panel recommends new lead level standards
This action has nothing to do with improving public health. Continue reading
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