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Why lead is dangerous, and the damage it does

  • Written by Christopher P. Holstege, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Virginia
Two house painters in hazmat suits remove lead paint from an old house. Jamie Hooper/Shutterstock.com

Everything is a toxin, or has the potential to be, in the field of toxicology. In the 1500s, Swiss physician Paracelsus, the father of toxicology, coined his famous dictum: “What is there that is not poison? All things are poison and nothing...

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