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Toxic lead can stay in the body for years after exposure

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageLead can linger in bones.X-ray via www.shutterstock.com.

The ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan has highlighted just how harmful lead contamination is. What you may not realize, however, is that lead exposure is a problem throughout the U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that over four million households with children...

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