February 25, 2013 | Michigan Radio Newsroom
A study by researchers at the University of Michigan links lead exposure in children to lower achievement on standardized tests.
It’s published in the March issue of the American Journal of Public Health. Click here to read the study.
From the study:
Detroit has an extensive lead poisoning problem. Although only 20% of Michigan’s children younger than 5 years lived in Detroit in 2010, childhood lead poisoning in Detroit has consistently accounted for more than 50 percent of the state’s total lead burden. [...]