How to Use lead poisoning in a Sentence

lead poisoning

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  • The county said residents should call their primary care physician to test their child's blood for lead poisoning.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Supporters say the changes will improve efforts to reduce lead poisoning in children.
    — Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2021
  • The biologists lure the birds back with food, check their blood for lead poisoning and sometimes even bring the birds into captivity, all in a bid to keep them healthy.
    — Jesse Klein, Wired, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Today, many people still think of lead poisoning as being something that results from improper house inspections and babies chewing on walls.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 19 Feb. 2021
  • This tracking is important because the flocks are carefully supervised to protect against lead poisoning, the greatest killer of condors by far.
    — Jesse Klein, Wired, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Past scholars have attributed the hearing loss to otosclerosis, or possibly lead poisoning from the wines Beethoven preferred.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024
  • Public officials should understand by now that being silent or incurious about lead poisoning is being complicit.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 19 Feb. 2021
  • One tool that emerged from the crisis is a form of artificial intelligence that could prevent similar problems in other cities where lead poisoning is a serious concern.
    — Sidney Fussell, Wired, 14 Jan. 2021
  • But the source of the lead poisoning was more difficult to trace.
    — Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2021
  • She was tapped in 2019 to lead the city’s effort to curb childhood lead poisoning.
    — Charlotte Alter, Time, 27 May 2021
  • The best way to keep a child safe from lead poisoning is to prevent them from being exposed in the first place.
    — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
  • In the 1980s, three out of four condors in the wild were either dead or dying from lead poisoning.
    — Star Tribune, 29 Mar. 2021
  • To be clear, lead poisoning still exists in the United States.
    — Rachel Silverman Bonnifield, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The bill is just one of many that aim to address lead poisoning and protect our children.
    — Peter F. Neronha, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
  • Water lines made of lead are a major cause of lead poisoning in cities around the country.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
  • That lock was linked to lead poisoning, which can now no longer be attributed to Beethoven's health demise.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Research from six New England states found that, of adult dead loons found, 26% died from lead poisoning.
    — John Myers, Twin Cities, 11 May 2024
  • He was also called out to aid a bald eagle that someone thought was hit by a car, but turned out to have lead poisoning.
    — New York Times, 20 July 2021
  • The analysis updates a report from last year, when the same team said Beethoven did not have lead poisoning.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 6 May 2024
  • But, for the wild birds, lead poisoning from bullet fragments remains a top threat.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The effects of lead poisoning can be deadly for birds and even slow the rate of population growth.
    — Stephen Goin, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2022
  • There have been no child deaths linked to lead poisoning since October 2021.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2022
  • By the early 1920s, the hazards of lead were well known – even Charles Dickens and Benjamin Franklin had written about the dangers of lead poisoning.
    — Bill Kovarik, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Although paint is the most common cause of childhood lead poisoning, lead pipes also pose a threat.
    — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The clothes and jewelry soon fall apart, cause rashes or induce lead poisoning for the fashion models in the ad.
    — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024
  • The idea was to test it for lead, to confirm or debunk the persistent theory that lead poisoning had killed Beethoven.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Inspectors didn’t find a clear culprit for the lead poisoning in Callahan’s home.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Even adults who interact with the stackable toy in this recall can risk lead poisoning.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The ban proposal comes as a number of trumpeter swans have been found dead of lead poisoning on Sucker Lake in Vadnais Heights for the third straight year.
    — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Two bullet fragments are still lodged in his lower back, threatening lead poisoning.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024

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