Elevated Blood Lead in Young Children Due to Lead-Contaminated Drinking Water: Washington, DC, 2001 — 2004. Environmental Science & Technology (in press). DOI: 10.102/1es802789w ...

Lead, a toxic heavy metal, can show up in the most unexpected places. ... She started at Science News in 1977 as the environment and policy writer, specializing in toxicology.

Science: Tetraethyl Lead. 3 minute read. TIME. November 10, 1924 12:00 AM GMT-5. ... Various lead compounds were mixed with gasoline and tested to improve the operation.

Parish is a scientist, but he knows science doesn’t automatically lead to change: He grew up as a ranch kid in rural Southern California, where he hunted, fished, ...

Bald eagles, the centuries-old symbol of the United States, show signs of widespread poisoning from one of the country’s most pernicious pollutants: lead. Nationwide, bald and golden eagles are ...

Stabilizing lead in soil to prevent it from spreading can help avert and alleviate potentially dangerous consequences. “In the operation of (lead smelters), lead has gone up and out of the smokestack ...