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I I poisoisiiNq-e a cf scientists that the differences in' Inoili levels wcie iltcie findings at the lowei end of basis of these findin i Ue 'I EpidEMics i e n t! the scak suggest that city chidicn now undei way l are alio exposed to a higher kvel neurological and i \. iI * Lead poisoning, once aa oc cupational disease of paMen and a haiwd lo atoomhloa drinkers, la now approaching cptdaak pioportions i lha nation'sghctloi. Tha problem, it wtM dafioad, neatly packaged wllk cao aad cure known. Children naturally pot oddt aad aada ialo Ihair mouths, aod in otdef homes where maioltn- anca haa beta virtually nonex- Went and where leaded paint diipt eia readdy avadabk, the result caa be lead potoaiap. For- taaaleiy, leaded paint haa not bcea widely aaed on Meriw aur- facet fui neatly 30 yean. ' meatuted.bui it iiamitoty and de clines whea ingestion atopt: lead it noted la calcified Ih u m such as bone aad -bone biopsy is not a piactical method foe testing cltildien on a huge-acale basis. Thtee sciealisti-lleibcit L. Needlenun from Haivatd Medical School aad Othaa C. Tuncay and living M. Shapiro from Univetsity of fseaylvaaia-taccatl)' tepott* ed a practical nothod foe identify* lag thddiea with sailed body. levels of lead. They collected Ihe exfbhatcd. pthaasy teeth from dental dinica serving chidicn float the "lead bdl" of Philadel phia aad detatmined the lead con of kad in Ihe atmosphere than children in Ihe suburbs. Plumbum in too animals lot aim been traced lo atmospheric kad. Vic tims ranged from replies to pri mates. wih the cals eipeciaiy wdnciabk because the) lick off the kad that actIks on their'-fur as well as breathe lead in the air. The combustion of leaded gasoline is Ihe major source of atmospherk kad. In areas where dtidten eat leaded paM, kad levels in teeth were high; in areas where children are not exposed to leaded paM. functions of chid have brain damage. In some areas leaded paint is si41 facturers lo dec toys, furniture, Salety-comckms rctaiers of these h gage Foster l>. Sne pies for kad and o metals. Sned uses sorption technique described by Nee (Natuit 23S: 111suring kad in teeth. tent pf 69 leelkby atomic absorp City health departments tecog- tion sperSiophotometry. Thch cal- nize phanbiM aa a ideal epidemic and bare launched Kiccning ptopimi lo delect lead poieoaiap before Ihe symptom! become evident. When phtmbhnt it detect-, ad, Ihe cbdd it liealed with che lating agenta auck at BAL and cuiationi dtowed that the average lead pes tooth was SI plus ot miout 109 petti pet million (ppm). None of the teeth hom the innet cMy chidicn dtowed levels of lead lea than 2 ppm. o o 0 i vl 1 C/3 3 O o o o o Ul 'O 00 EUTA. Before chelation tlietapy wa* developed, mote than 60% of Ihe plumbion caieiwete ratal. Today, lea than $% of the tepotled caua we lenninal, but a tatge nuntbet of Ihe vtciimi anffet from btain damage. Wtiik the canee and cute of plumbum ate well known, diagno* la contrast, the mean tooth lead in deciduous Icetli collected from dentists serving suburban chidicn was II.I plus or minus 14.1 ppm. Twenty-live percent of Ihe deciduous teeth contained 2 ppm or lea of kid, and 10% had kvds loo low lo be detected by atomic absorption tpeclrophnlometiy. Obviously, plumbum is virtually nonexistent in tlie sub- t lit h mote difficult. Pot example: lead elevation in blood it easily utban aieas. It was pointed out by Hie three 1 * ' i* Ht*,. .. . hypERAUREOTACTOSis Remember utd Midas and his rare disease- hyperaureorac!ons. Everything he touched changed to gold. Eating was no fun when hit teeth Clacked on a solid gold lamb chop. Ik finally sought a ewe after Mia Midas was transmuted into element number 79. Some of our clknit, because of things we have done for litem, seem to think that we at Snell are also infected with bypeianicolactosis. Wei, we are not that unfor tunate (fortunate)? We can't solve every problem ot every KAD idea into What we do is tiling, (tin people a touch lif modern sc tudogy in attempts cessful new produc es for you, to find a cause ul yrnit diffic rnpply the knowledg understand Ihe thin and sell so that y cumpelc with Olliers N11431