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Slightly high lead tied to less reading readiness
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with even slightly elevated blood lead levels are less likely to be ready to read when starting kindergarten, according to a new study. Lead has been shown to affect school performance, but what's important in this...Tags: Disease Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pediatrics, Family, Medical Specialization
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Sick House: The Link Between Housing And Health
It was a chronic thing: Almost every time Erma Taylor's great-grandson caught a cold, he also ended up having a severe asthma attack. Taylor, a retired nurse, spent many hours at a hospital, helping to hold the toddler for tests and breathing treatments,...Tags: Allergies, Arts and Culture, Flu, Painting, Condos and Houses
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What Parents Should Know About Poison Control
Are we at risk for lead poisoning? Do I need to keep my young child away from poinsettias? It is National Poison Prevention Week and CT Poison Control wants to answer your questions. Tonight, there will be a live chat on the Poison Control... -
Michigan lawmaker proposes lead poisoning screenings
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — One Michigan lawmaker wants young children in the state to be screened for lead poisoning. Democratic Rep. Thomas Stallworth of Detroit introduced a bill Wednesday that would require primary health care professionals to...Tags: Physical Conditions
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U.S. vows to clean up lead-polluted lot near Pilsen school
Federal officials vowed Wednesday to conduct an emergency cleanup of a lead-contaminated lot near a Pilsen elementary school, more than six years after authorities first identified the hazards. The Tribune reported in November that the lot had not been...
Tags: Metal and Mineral, Chicago Tribune, Environmental Pollution, Pilsen, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Screening Kids For Mental Health Critical
The Hartford CourantThe shootings in Newtown, Chicago and other communities raised concerns about mental health relative to those committing such crimes, but the discussion has missed a critically important point. Screening for early warning signs and providing accessible...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Academic Progress, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Abusive Behavior
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Reducing utility costs, hospital visits
The first winter after Danielle Smith bought her house in North Baltimore, the 35-year-old schoolteacher wondered if it even had a furnace, it was so cold and drafty. Now, with almost all new windows and several other energy-efficiency retrofits, Smith...
Tags: Allergies, National Government, Disasters and Accidents, Government, Physical Conditions
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Baltimore retailer ordered to stop selling jewelry with lead
A Baltimore retailer has been ordered by city health officials to stop selling a children's ring, necklace and earrings because the items contain dangerous levels of lead. The Baltimore City Health Department said Tuesday it has issued a nuisance...
Tags: Children's Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Family, Health
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GOP blocks bill giving hunters more land access
A wide-ranging bill to give hunters and fishermen more access to public lands stalled in the Senate Monday after Republicans said it spends too much money. Republicans supported opening lands for outdoorsmen and many other provisions in the bill...Tags: Humane Society of the United States, Jeff Sessions, Democratic Party, Jon Tester, Elections
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6 years later, Pilsen lot remains contaminated with lead
Federal and state officials have known for more than six years about hazardous levels of brain-damaging lead in a vacant lot near Walsh Elementary School in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. Yet even after field investigators raised alarms about children...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Environmental Pollution, Learning Disability, Pilsen, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Maryland seeks comment on low-level lead exposure
State health officials are seeking the public's advice on how to deal with new federal guidelines expanding the number of young children deemed at risk of harm from low-level lead exposure. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is...Tags: Parenting, Disease Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Family
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