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"I forget a lot of things while I’m studying”: Lead poisoning wreaks havoc on children’s livesUp to 35 million children in Bangladesh have too high...

Apr 17, 2023 - The main advice given to families threatened by lead exposure in toxic soil — keep your home clean — doesn't work, studies show.

Oct 24, 2023 - Lead poisoning fact sheet - Learn more about sources of lead exposure, global toll, health impacts, economic costs, solutions

Dec 2, 2025 - As many as one third of the world's children have lead poisoning. 90% of these children are in low- and middle-income countries.

Oct 15, 2025 - The toxic metal may have rewired early human brains—and sealed the Neanderthals' fate.

Aug 16, 2022 - Lead poisoning (toxicity), a condition in which increased levels of the metal lead is found in blood, can afflict both humans and dogs through both sudden...

Review the risk factors that contribute to the increased risk for lead poisoning in children.

A trained midwife helps empower rural communities in Bangladesh with UNICEF's support

Oct 27, 2025 - New data and metrics on BCHC's city data dashboard illuminate important trends in childhood blood lead levels, as well as health-related indicators such...

The researchers studied 51 teeth from humans and their relatives, covering the past 2m years

For just $2 per child over 15 years—less than 15 cents annually—a US$1.6 billion investment can end childhood lead poisoning. This UNICEF analysis shows...

Nov 25, 2025 - Battery and car companies have known for decades that battery recycling plants exposed workers and communities to toxic lead, but they ignored warnings and...

A blood lead test is the best available way to measure exposure to lead.

Lead can be found in many places in a child's environment.

To mark International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, the International Pediatric Association is hosting a practical webinar on how clinicians, health systems,...

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Learn how to protect children from exposure to lead to ensure a lifelong of good health.

Oct 13, 2025

Review the risk factors that may contribute to childhood lead poisoning.

Lead is poisoning around one in three children globally on a massive and previously unrecognized scale.

The Nigerian Senate has directed the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention to deploy emergency medical teams for free toxicology screening, and...

A fire and decades of silver and lead mining created the largest contiguous Superfund site in the nation in what today is one of the fastest-growing states. It...

Review how CDC uses data to track progress towards the elimination of childhood lead poisoning.

Review how CDC has formed committees related to the prevention of childhood lead poisoning.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified products contaminated with lead.

The aim of the ILPPW campaign is to raise awareness about health effects of lead poisoning and urge further action to eliminate lead paint through regulatory...

Lead ions poison proteins throughout the body, blocking their normal function.

By Zeineldin Elmikaty, 22-year-old, Egypt 

Aug 12, 2022 - The drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has called attention to lead poisoning in pets, a medical condition that veterinarians rarely see. Learn more...

Nov 18, 2025 - Car battery recycling in Ogijo, Nigeria, is causing lead poisoning. The Examination traced recycled lead from these factories to the U.S. auto industry.

There is no safe level of lead exposure. Lead impairs children’s brain development and can trigger serious and irreversible learning, and behavioral...

Review material from 2024 National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW).

May 31, 2025 - Milwaukee schools have lead paint, exposing students to dangerous toxins. But the CDC job cuts have left the Trump health department unable and unwilling to...

Download policy resources and tools to support childhood lead poisoning prevention programs.

Researchers from the State University of Tyumen, together with colleagues from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, India, China and Saudi Arabia, have developed and tested...

This International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, witness how countries are identifying sources, protecting the most at-risk children, and building systems...

Oct 13, 2024 - This story is an example of how families can fall through the cracks of a system that has not held landlords accountable for lead hazards.

Jul 19, 2019 - A special supplement issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice focusing on the Lead Poisoning Prevention was published in January 2019....

Nov 25, 2025 - Pure Earth is a leading global organization focused on solving pollution in low and middle-income countries.

research and data about childhood lead poisoning prevention

Nov 23, 2019 - A three-month investigation uncovers how companies recycling lead acid batteries are poisoning air, soil and water sources in Ogun and Lagos states...

Healthcare providers should follow recommendations based on blood lead levels.

Truist predecessor SunTrust approved disbursements that weren’t in the best interests of beneficiaries of trust accounts linked to a lead poisoning...

Nov 18, 2025 - Recycled lead from Nigeria is going to companies that make car batteries for Ford, Tesla and Toyota. People living near dirty recycling plants breathe in lead...

Download communication tools and resources about lead.

Jan 9, 2026 - Childhood lead poisoning still affects hundreds of thousands of U.S. children each year, despite settled science and proven solutions.

Review information about childhood lead exposure including risk factors and prevention methods.

Site index for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

These highlighted success stories focus on the lead-related work that recipients are doing.

Lead is poisoning around one in three children globally on a massive and previously unrecognised scale.

Nov 26, 2025 - In the first study of its kind, the researchers assessed lead concentrations in the tibias of 62 cheetah carcasses and 11 leopard carcasses. Lead poisoning has...

In its first year, the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future (PLF) has established a strong foundation for coordinated global action to end childhood lead...

Jul 30, 2025 - Pure Earth is proud to be one of the implementing partners working with Bloomberg Philanthropies on a transformative new initiative to combat lead poisoning...