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Export of used lead-acid batteries to Mexico from Canada and the United States is a major factor for increased lead poisoning to Mexican communities, according to Commission for Environmental Cooperation, CEC.
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Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated with imported toys or jewelry.
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A Latin American folk medicine could contain a toxic dose for children. "Greta" is a Mexican remedy that contains almost 90% lead in its bright orange powder. That is well over the amount that could cause death in a child.
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 A U.S. government panel is recommending lowering the threshold for lead poisoning in children, a move that could see hundreds of thousands more children diagnosed with lead poisoning.
Some four hundred children have been killed and many more are at risk after the world's worst lead poisoning epidemic in northern Nigeria.
The charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) calls on the Nigerian government to do more to deal with a deadly outbreak of lead poisoning.
New, colorful packaging leads to surge of calls to poison control centers.
A leading neuro-pathologist has suggested people who lived in a Cornish town during a water poisoning incident should have their brains scanned to see if they have been affected.
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The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announces new regulations and amendments to an existing regulation under the Hazardous Products Act that will restrict the amount of lead in a variety of consumer products, including children's toys in Pointe Claire, Québec, on Monday, November 29, 2010.
(from left to right) Valentino Tramonti, Health Canada Product Safety Officer, Martin Laliberté, President, Canadian Association of Poison Control, the Hounourable Josée Verner, Minister o
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