Air lead exposure linked to increased infant mortality risk
Lead is known to cause adverse health effects in humans across a range of exposures. In this study, researchers used data on ...
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Infant mortality tied to concentration of lead in air
Concentrations of lead in the air remain substantial in developed and developing countries, largely the result of industrial emissions. Even with the decline in lead in gasoline, developed ...
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Ancient Rome’s lead air pollution may have dropped average IQ by up to 3 points
Lead air pollution, researchers now suggest, was so pervasive during the height of the Roman Empire that it may have lowered ...
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‘Devastating’: California condor dies of lead poisoning just months after release from L.A. Zoo
The bird, Pey-noh-pey-o-wok, had been flying freely for only three months when he died in the backcountry of Redwood National Park after ingesting a lead air-gun pellet, the tribe announced Wednesday.
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Physics KS3: How do vibrations in the air lead to a sound we can hear?
Hitting the tuning fork causes all the air molecules around it to vibrate. This sets up a chain of movement and waves of air molecules stretching out and being compressed. It is when these waves ...