by Angelo DePalma, Ph.D., Childrens Health Defense:

The health and economic effects of lead exposure may be 6-7 times higher than previously estimated, according to a report in The Lancet Planetary Health.

The report found that the magnitude of environmental risk from lead exposure is similar to that of fine-particulate air pollution and exceeds risks associated with unsafe drinking and household-use water.

The researchers were looking for IQ loss among children under 5, heart disease deaths and the lifetime economic impacts of both.