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2008-10-30

High blood lead content in children's brain injury in the latest U.S. study

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High blood lead content in children's brain injury in the latest U.S. study
U.S. scientist-to-date studies have shown that blood lead levels in children's brain damage will be too high to make it easier to grow up in the violence. University of Cincinnati researchers in the United States a few days ago, "Public Library of Science Medicine Volume" on the online edition of the paper that blood lead levels exceeding the child's brain damage is "permanent", which could harm children grow up After the easy impulse to crime.

The report said that the researchers choose to Cincinnati in the urban areas of 376 pregnant women studied, testing their blood lead levels. When a child is born, the scientists on the children's blood lead levels to carry out follow-up study until they grow to 7-year-old so far. When these children grow up, scientists go about their living status of the investigation.

It was found that childhood blood lead levels of children is too high, 55% of the people had been arrested over misconduct. This ratio is much higher than normal levels.

Experts believe that children's blood lead levels are too high mainly because the living environment by pollution, such as access to high lead content in paint color of toys, printed matter, crayons, or eating pesticide-contaminated by lead, and other fruits and vegetables.

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