Regional digest.
COLUMN: Regional digest Landlord charged in lead paint case HOLDEN - A Worcester landlord has been charged with failing to clean up lead paint, despite being ordered to do so by the Department of Public Health. Feliciano Lana of Northeast Properties, owner of...

An assessment of lead leachability from lead-glazed ceramic cooking vessels.
Introduction A number of efforts have been made by the U.S. government to reduce lead exposure in the environment such as the banning of lead in paint produced for residential uses in 1978 and the banning of lead additives in gasoline in 1986 (Centers for Disease Control...

Newly recognized pathways of exposure to lead in the middle-income home.
Introduction The prevention of childhood lead poisoning in the United States has been a medical and public health priority since the 1970s (American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP], 2005; Erikson & Thompson, 2005; Mattuck, Beck, Bowers, & Cohen, 2001). Although Campbell and Osterhoudt (2000) noted, and state and...

Research explains how lead exposure produces learning deficits.
A study of young adult rats by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health provides evidence that explains exactly how exposure to lead during brain development produces learning deficits. The study shows that exposure to levels of lead that are similar to those measured in lead-intoxicated...

Newly recognized pathways of exposure to lead in the middle-income home.
* Most official childhood lead-poisoning prevention efforts focus on children living in poor neighborhoods in older houses. * Healthy People 2010 and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have determined that the children at greatest risk of lead poisoning are those living in poor neighborhoods...

Newly recognized pathways of exposure to lead in the middle-income home.
Lead Poisoning: Exposure, Abatement, Regulation Joseph J. Breen and Cindy R. Stroup (1995) This volume, divided into four sections that comprise 30 in-depth chapters, constitutes a comprehensive resource on lead. It highlights issues of abatement and exposure, and discusses programs and policies, chemical measurement methods,...

NSF announces new requirements for lead to further protect public health.
NSF/ANSI Standard 61 has been updated to further protect the public from exposure to lead. Changes to the evaluation criteria for lead extraction testing in the NSF/ANSI Standard 61: Drinking Water System Components--Health Effects have been adopted by the NSF Drinking Water Additives Joint Committee. These changes...

Lead in painted toys reduces IQ level in kids.
Byline: Umesh Isalkar PUNE: The next time you buy toys for your kids, refrain from buying those having heavy paints. Doctors warn that high lead levels in the paint on toys can cause reduction in their Intelligent Quotient (IQ) scores, shorten concentration spans, increase hyperactivity and cause...

Determination of the feasibility of using a portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer in the field for measurement of lead content of sieved soil.
Introduction The goal of our study was to determine the practicality of using the portable XRF analyzer in the field for analysis of sieved soil for lead. The study used a modified version of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Method 6200 sampling protocol; we omitted...

New Jersey finds lead in artificial turf fields.
New Jersey health officials have asked the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to investigate the artificial turf used on athletic fields, play areas and homes after testing in the state found high lead levels. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services...