Getting the Lead Out: The Complete Resource for Preventing and Coping with Lead Poisoning

by Irene Kessel and John O'Connor

Book Overview

Lead poisoning is one of the most common and preventable pediatric health problems in the United States. The prohibition of lead in paint in 1978, followed by the phasing out of lead in gasoline, have done a great deal to lower the average level of lead in children's blood in the last twenty-five years, but the threat to public health of this insidious poison is far from being eradicated. Every child is at risk.Getting the Lead Out explains the nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738204994
• ISBN13: 9780738204994
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"