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Jack Caravanos

@jcaravanos

Professor, Env Health, New York University

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linkhttp://www.nyu.edu/publichealth calendar_today09-12-2011 16:54:54

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The FDA’s proposed limit on lead in fruit juices is up to 20 times higher than the limit Consumer Reports supports to protect public health. Sign our petition to the U.S. FDA to do more to protect our kids! action.consumerreports.org/20220512_safet…

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The CDC reference blood Pb level is 3.5 micrograms / 100 mls of blood. Seems very low, right? Well for a 2 yr old child that equates to about 101.7 trillion Pb molecules circulating in their body! Each Pb lead molecule should be viewed as a bullet that can hit sensitive tissue.

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I just did the math! The CDC reference blood Pb level is 3.5 micrograms / 100 mls of blood. Seems very low, right? Well for a 2 yr old child that equates to about 101.7 trillion Pb molecules circulating in their body! Each Pb lead molecule should be view…lnkd.in/gFAcrw7s

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A life-threatening crash-test bias leaves women at greater risk. Sign the Consumer Reports Advocacy petition urging nhtsagov to require female crash-test dummies in auto safety testing action.consumerreports.org/nb-20220714-cr…

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In the last few hours, things have gotten worse. NYC is at 'unhealthy", NJ is at "very unhealthy" and Scranton is at "HAZARDOUS". We've not seen levels like this since the early 1970’s. See fire.airnow.gov

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Invited Perspective: An Argument for Changing the Reporting Units for Lead in Blood | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 131, No. 9 ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EH…

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ICYMI: Senator Markey Hosts Roundtable in Western Massachusetts on Threat of Lead Contamination from Degrading Telecommunications Cables, Finds Unsafe Levels of Lead After Testing Cables Today in Chicopee markey.senate.gov/news/press-rel…