Tag: lead exposure

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 18:32 UTC

  WHO sponsored research helps identify heavy lead contaminated areas in Peru

  

  Countries – especially those with a long mining history -- can substantially reduce lead poisoning in children by mapping contamination levels in the soil to identify high-risk areas and by taking measures to keep children away from those areas, according to a study published this month in the public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.