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Nearly half the world’s kids are exposed to dangerous levels of lead

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Flint , Michigan , experienced the highest-profile lead exposure crisis in recent American history.

Nearly half the world’s kids are exposed to dangerous levels of lead and we aren’t doing much to prevent it.

Charities globally are spending a total of just $6 million to $10 million a year trying to fight it.

John Sutter : High lead exposure reduces IQ, ADHD, ADHD and neurotic tendencies.

He says studies have found link between lead and crime and delinquency.

Sutter says lead exposure in the U.S. and other rich countries in recent decades has in fact been enormously positive.

Lead exposure in developing countries appears to be quite high compared to exposure in rich countries today .

The Global Burden of Disease study published in the Lancet in 2019 estimated that about 900,000 people die due to lead annually , representing 21.7 million years of healthy life lost.

Lead experts disagree about what the primary sources of lead exposure in developing countries might be.

Tackling lead paint requires introducing new laws and enforcing old ones.

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