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Lead Exposure in Childhood Linked to Criminal Behavior Later
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 And while lead has been largely removed from the landscapes of developed countries, the same is not necessarily true in other parts of the world, Cecil pointed out.
Even in the United States, more could be done, Dietrich said.
"The Office of Management and Budget estimated that nearly 60 percent of children on Medicaid are not being screened [for lead exposure], as they should be," he said. "And a recent study in Michigan found that 40 percent of children with blood levels in the neurotoxic range were never followed up."
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SOURCES: Kim Cecil, Ph.D., associate professor, radiology, pediatrics and neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center;
Kim Dietrich, Ph.D., professor, environmental health, University of Cincinnati; May 27, 2008, PLoS Medicine
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