1964/08/01 by Fred L. Whipple · 2 citations
Environmental Science · Arts and Humanities · #Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity #American Environmental and Regional History #Cybernetics and Technology in Society
paper · doi:10.1073/pnas.52.2.565
openalex publication_date 1964/08/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
Considerable effort is expended to protect today’s children from lead exposure, but there is little evidence on the harms past lead exposures continue to hold for yesterday’s children, who are victims of what we term legacy lead exposures. We ...Lead is a developmental neurotoxicant in wide industrial use that was once broadly distributed in the environment. The extent of the US population exposed in early life to high levels of lead is unknown, as are the consequences for population IQ. Serial, ...