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Lead Contamination 
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$41.27
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$33.95
ISBN:
978-1-68282-671-3
Format:
Hardcover
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Author: Peggy J. Parks Number of Pages: 80 Dewey Code: 615.9/25688 Lexile: 1000 to 1400 Interest Grade Level: 6-12 Reading Grade Level: 6-12
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Lead contamination got a massive amount of publicity after the 20142015 water crisis in Flint, Michigan because the lead-tainted water was poisoning children. Since then, there is much more awareness of what a dangerous metal lead is, and many experts consider lead contamination a public health crisis. Sources of lead contamination are covered, as is how dangerous it is to human health, how serious the problem is, and what is being done about it.
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