NEJMedicine: Lead levels and IQ

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RE: New England Journal of Medicine article linking low lead levels and IQ deficits

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Press Release - Very Low Lead Levels Linked with IQ Deficits, According toNEJM Study*********************************************************************NIEHS News List email is a service of the Office of Communications andPublic Liaison at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences(NIEHS)*********************************************************************A new study suggests that lead may be harmful even at very low bloodconcentrations. The study, funded by the National Institute of EnvironmentalHealth Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, will appear in theApril 17 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine.The five-year study found that children who have blood lead concentrationlower than 10 micrograms per deciliter suffer intellectual impairment fromthe exposure. The researchers also discovered that the amount of impairmentattributed to lead was most pronounced at lower levels. The study wascarried out by researchers from Cornell University, Cincinnati Children'sHospital Medical Center, and the University of Rochester School of Medicine.For the full press release, see: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/news/leadiq.htm

=====================================================================THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINEVolume 348, Issue 16: April 17, 2003<http://content.nejm.org/content/vol348/issue16/index.shtml?query=TOC>Article Summaries:<http://content.nejm.org/this_week/348/16/index.shtml?query=TOC>Perspective: Exposure to Lead in Children -- How Low Is Low Enough? W.J. Rogan and J.H. Ware<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/348/16/1515?query=TOC>=================ORIGINAL ARTICLES=================Intellectual Impairment in Children with Blood Lead Concentrationsbelow 10 Micrograms per Deciliter R.L. Canfield and Others<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/348/16/1517?query=TOC>Blood Lead Concentration and Delayed Puberty in Girls S.G. Selevan and Others<http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/348/16/1527?query=TOC>Children's Environmental Health Network Community ListservThe content of listserv postings are the responsibility of individual authors anddo not indicate the Children's Environmental Health Network's support orendorsement.