Lead in Kids' Blood Linked with Behavioral and Emotional Problems
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
Emotional and behavioral problems show up even with low exposure to lead, and as blood lead levels increase in children, so do the problems, according to research funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health. The results were published online June 30 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.