Lead

Unpacking the power of poverty

Study picks out key indicators like lead exposure, violence, and incarceration that impact children’s later success

World|

DateMay 17, 2019July 3, 2019

Teeth may be an important new resource for understanding the lives of our extinct relatives, said Daniel Green, a postdoctoral fellow at the Forsyth Institute, an affiliate of Harvard Dental School of Medicine.

Reading teeth

Study uses rings in teeth to understand the environment Neanderthals faced

Science|

DateDecember 3, 2018February 28, 2019

The ongoing tragedy of lead in our lives

Human use of it through time has created endless ripples that harm health, society

Health|

DateNovember 20, 2018November 20, 2018

“When we saw the extent of the decline in lead levels, and only saw it once, during the years of the [Black Death] pandemic, we were intrigued,” said postdoc Alexander More.

Probing the Black Death for lead pollution insights

Study of 14th-century plague challenges assumptions on ‘natural’ levels

Science|

DateMay 30, 2017December 10, 2018

ToxinAlert, a website clearinghouse of toxic drinking water, is the brainchild of Harvard Chan School public health scientist Eric Feigl-Ding (left) and engineer Pius Lee. The site, which was made after the Flint, Mich., lead crisis, is supported entirely through volunteer effort.

Where lead lurks

Scientist’s website a warning system for toxic water

Health|

DateJanuary 30, 2017January 31, 2017

Two decades ago, Harvard Professor S. Allen Counter discovered that the South American Quechua Indians were exposed to astronomically high levels of lead and other toxic metals.

A hidden risk

Mothers can pass toxic metals to children through breast milk, study shows

Health|

DateNovember 4, 2014June 18, 2018

“President Obama has insisted that the choice between our economy and our environment is indeed a false choice,” says EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. “We’ve been more than happy to prove him right.”

The EPA at 40

GOP election gains don't mean voters support weaker environmental laws

Science|

DateDecember 6, 2010

Florida A&M, Harvard study link between lead and hypertension

Tallahassee Democrat

News|

DateDecember 15, 2009April 16, 2019

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Unpacking the power of poverty

Study picks out key indicators like lead exposure, violence, and incarceration that impact children’s later success

Reading teeth

Study uses rings in teeth to understand the environment Neanderthals faced

The ongoing tragedy of lead in our lives

Human use of it through time has created endless ripples that harm health, society

Probing the Black Death for lead pollution insights

Study of 14th-century plague challenges assumptions on ‘natural’ levels

Where lead lurks

Scientist’s website a warning system for toxic water

A hidden risk

Mothers can pass toxic metals to children through breast milk, study shows

The EPA at 40

GOP election gains don't mean voters support weaker environmental laws

Florida A&M, Harvard study link between lead and hypertension

Tallahassee Democrat