As Budget Cuts Hamper Safety Measures, Over 500,000 U.S. Kids Now Have Lead Poisoning

As Budget Cuts Hamper Safety Measures, Over 500,000 U.S. Kids Now Have Lead Poisoning: Last week, the CDC released adjusted estimates for the number of U.S. children with lead poisoning. The findings — which incorporated a new, lower threshold for what qualifies as a safe amount of lead in the blood — showed that roughly half a million U.S. children between the ages of one and five have blood [...]/p