I don’t know. Maybe you’re just getting too overwhelmed with relentless bad news one day after another so you might have missed what occurred last week in Washington. Senator Tammy Duckworth called the vote by Republican congressmen “obscene.” She’s absolutely right. They took money ($125M) that had been allocated to replace lead pipes in the […]
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Getting The Lead Out (And A Further Word About Immunization)
I’ll bet you didn’t know that Chicago has by far the worst problem with lead exposure in the entire US. It’s now estimated that fully 80% of our underground pipes are lined with lead. This means we’re all exposed to potentially toxic lead levels and the accompanying health risks. You’ll recall from last week’s Health […]
Get The Lead Out (And Other Toxic Metals Too)
In last week’s Health Tip we discussed the chemical swill accumulating in your body from a variety of sources, some obvious and some not. This week we’re looking at heavy metal toxicity. For those who were otherwise preoccupied that day in high school chemistry, the heavy metals are a group of especially dense metals or […]