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Inner-city workers encouraged to recognize signs of lead poisoning
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Wheeler, Ericka C.
Indianapolis Recorder
03-18-2005
Lead poisoning is nearly crippling the learning and educational ability of
children. Because of the increased contamination through windblown lead
poisoning, those in the business sector are asked to take part in receiving
proper training to know the signs of contamination while performing their
risky jobs.
Until recently, lead poisoning was thought to only come from chipped off
paint on older homes, or from being present in the water from the older
pipes in these homes and in gasoline. Now, lead poisoning is transmitted
through wind blown dust in ...
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