Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As tooth dentin lead concentration in the second trimester rose, cognitive test performance fell. Women were ...

September 21, 2006 — Long-term community lead exposure contributes to impairment of cognitive function among older adults that is equivalent to 2 to 6 more years of age, a new study has found. In the ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The research reveals that our human ancestors were periodically exposed to lead ...

January 13, 2010 — Low-level environmental lead exposure may adversely affect renal function, according to results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, reported in the ...

Lead exposure before birth is associated with lower performance on cognitive tests 60 years later. The study does not prove that lead exposure is the cause of the lower scores; it only shows an ...