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Lead Poisoning Still a Threat as New Rules Take Effect

(April 21) -- While federal officials had hoped to eradicate childhood lead poisoning by 2010, health experts now say it could be years before American kids are completely risk-free. Lead continues to pose a threat in poorer urban areas, where older homes are coated in lead-based paint that's now deteriorating, exposing...

Household Toxics Reach Babies Even in Womb

(Nov. 17) -- It is one of the worst nightmares for a mother-to-be: She's poisoning the baby in her belly, and there is little she can do about it. Now new research out Tuesday has put hard numbers to those fears, showing that chemicals from everyday products contaminate women's bodies, and that their children enter the...