Sentences with phrase «high lead levels»

(TNS)-- The recent news about high lead levels in the Flint, Mich., water supply has raised concerns about lead poisoning in general.

Temporarily reduce lead hazards by repairing damaged painted surfaces and planting new grass to cover soil that could contain high lead levels.

The MSUE - SCP will target parents of children (ages 2 - 8) in two neighborhoods, identified as Flint Wards, who were exposed to high lead levels due to the Flint water crisis.

That lawsuit came several months after officials said that about half of Newark's schools had unacceptably high lead levels in the water.

Since they often can not tell high lead levels from low lead levels, these tests are not recommended by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).

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High lead levels in the soil shown in this image lead state officials to deem the Audubon Charter School's plan for a temporary campus unacceptable.

Broken Hill Public School in far western NSW used its garden to highlight the importance of how fresh vegetables in the diet can reduce the absorption of lead into the body (as children in the area have historically had high lead levels due to the mining activities around the town).

High lead levels can make you form a more potent stress hormone out of weaker stress hormones, which isn't a good thing.

High lead levels in drinking water have been linked to delays in mental and physical development, learning difficulties, and short attention spans in kids.

Since the revelations of staggeringly high lead levels in the drinking water of Flint, Mich., and more recently reported spikes around the country, people have understandably voiced alarm at the threat such exposure poses to children.

We saw city officials dismissing public concerns, knew that the city was not treating the river water to prevent corrosion and found high lead levels in samples from the Walters» home.

Hanna - Attisha introduced Mari Copeny, a 9 - year old Flint resident, who, reading carefully from prepared notes, said 8,000 children under the age of 6 were exposed to high lead levels from the contaminated water.

They also had a higher risk of dying if they were under the age of 24 months, if a community well was their primary source of water and if their family compound had high lead levels in the soil.

Borough Presidents Ruben Diaz Jr., Gale Brewer, Melinda Katz, James Oddo and Eric Adams recently penned a joint letter to the Department of Education calling on them to take immediate action on high lead levels that have been found in the water at many schools across the city.

Although Poloncarz left the door open to testing the tap water in some homes where children are already diagnosed with high lead levels, Lambrinidou said that's not good enough.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner says the city will be testing for lead in water in each of the city's public schools to make sure no high lead levels are lurking that could harm children.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz stopped short of requiring his health department to mandate tap water sampling in homes where children are already diagnosed with high lead levels, but he did say that «maybe we do need to take additional steps, such as testing the water.»

With resources running thin, Driscoll said their attention is focused on the 600 children in Onondaga County with high lead levels.

High lead levels in drinking water fountains and some classroom sinks turned up at both the Caroline and Enfield Elementary Schools.

The west side community has high lead levels.

Although the county is responsible for abatement, high lead levels in blood has become a major area of concern, particularly in the city.

The percentage of children six and under testing positive for high lead levels is more than twice the state average, excluding NYC, according to the report.

State mandated drinking water testing has found high lead levels in eleven local school districts.

In 2007, three city zip codes had 50 percent of tested children with high lead levels.

As TWC News previously reported, the Ithaca school district tested its water and found high lead levels in some schools.

«Exposure to high lead levels causes brain damage to kids, learning disabilities and behavioral challenges.»

The hoses were OK, but some brass connectors and nozzles had high lead levels.

So far, in 2017, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled wicker furniture, a piano bench, a metal - top dining table, a toy garden shovel, and M&M's - branded earrings for having high lead levels.

Yellow and green items were the most likely to have high lead levels, says Judy Braiman, president of the Empire State Consumer Project, a nonprofit group that lab - tests consumer products for lead and other heavy metals.

In follow - up testing, the group has continued to find purses, shoes, and belts with high lead levels.

Criminal Complaint Accuses Nestlé India of High Lead Levels in Maggi Noodles Food inspectors say they found seven - times the permissible level of lead in a routine test By PREETIKA RANA Wall Street Journal, May...

A «Red» brand bag from Mimi Maternity and a Carter's «Out «N About» bag from Babies R Us had high lead levels in other parts of the bag.

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While the first draw samples showed very few high lead levels, with multiple samples, nearly half of the homes tested had at least one liter of water over the EPA's limit for lead.

«The public might be exposed to some very high lead levels and they don't know it because [the way we're sampling] is masking that,» says Del Toral.

In Prince Rupert and many other communities throughout British Columbia, there are widespread concerns about high lead levels in schools and local drinking water.

The highest lead levels were found in the changing pads of three bags from K - Mart including a Disney Baby «Winnie the Pooh» bag, a Baby Got Bag leopard print bag, and a «Baby Necessities» brand bag.

Higher lead levels were found in the blood of vultures in the hunting season and in hunting areas, suggesting that the source of the lead in their blood stream was lead bullets used for hunting.

We found that the kids who had the higher lead levels had significant slowing in their motor skills and significant reduction in their IQs — an average of eight points.

Studies have found that Chinese industrial pollution causes the leaves to have higher lead levels.

The lawsuit in Chicago, which was filed in February by three residents, alleges that an initiative to replace water mains resulted in higher lead levels in the drinking water.

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Additionally, they noted that those who were more likely to push back against their superiors as children «also have higher levels of willingness to stand up for their own interests and aims, a characteristic that leads to more favorable individual outcomes — in our case, income.»

The philosophy of personal interaction leading to higher levels of output and innovation is illustrated by W. L. Gore and Associates, the makers of Gore - Tex and other products.

NEW YORK, April 24 - Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday after Brent hit its highest level since November 2014, supported by strong demand, OPEC - led production cuts, and the prospect of renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran.

In addition, it's also making sure the quality levels remain high — and that's why you see long time developers... leading those teams and making sure the content continues to be to our standards.»

Ireland's weather service issued a status red warning - the highest level of alert - for five countries in the east, including the capital Dublin after heavy overnight snowfall led to accumulations of 5 to 10 cm.

Although it might consume more resources in the development stage, customized design has a measurable impact that leads to higher levels of interaction and greater returns.

Jackson is the lead author of a new study to be published in Psychological Science that tracked nearly 5,000 married Australians for five years and measured how a spouse's personality impacted whether their partner received a promotion, earned a higher salary or experienced higher levels of job satisfaction.

These lower levels of relationship satisfaction, in turn, led to lower levels of life satisfaction and, ultimately, higher levels of depression,» James A. Roberts, a member of the research team, explained.