Small amounts of lead may damage children's kidneys
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 07:35
in Health & Medicine
Small amounts of lead in the bodies of healthy children and teens - amounts well below the levels defined as 'concerning' by the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - may worsen kidney function, according to a Johns Hopkins Children's Centre study published in the Jan. 11 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine...