Lead Contamination in Baby Teeth of Children Living Near Former Exide Battery Plant, University of Southern California Study Shows
LOS ANGELES, California, May 20 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Southern California (USC) issued the following news release:
Airborne lead from recycled car batteries at the Exide plant in Vernon ended up in the baby teeth of children living nearby, a USC study shows.
"We found the higher the level of lead in the soil, the higher the amount of lead in baby teeth," said first author Jill Johnston, an assistant professor of preventive medicine at the K . . .
Leigh Hopper, 310/308-0405, lhopper@usc.edu
Airborne lead from recycled car batteries at the Exide plant in Vernon ended up in the baby teeth of children living nearby, a USC study shows.
"We found the higher the level of lead in the soil, the higher the amount of lead in baby teeth," said first author Jill Johnston, an assistant professor of preventive medicine at the K . . .