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Lead Present At Low Levels In Some Private Iowa Wells But Experts Say Paint Is Larger Concern

By Lauren Shotwell | December 22, 2016

Lead-based paint and paint dust are a much larger concern than lead exposure through drinking water in Iowa, experts who spoke with IowaWatch said.

From FairWarning.org: ‘Lead Wars’ Authors Say Lead Poisoning Remains a Serious Health Problem

By Lilly Fowler/FairWarning | April 11, 2013

WITH IOWA DATA. The primary way children still are exposed to lead paint is from paint in the walls at home, public health historians Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner say in this FairWarning interview.

Crisis in our Wells

Lead Present At Low Levels In Some Private Iowa Wells But Experts Say Paint Is Larger Concern

By Lauren Shotwell | December 22, 2016

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From FairWarning.org: ‘Lead Wars’ Authors Say Lead Poisoning Remains a Serious Health Problem

By Lilly Fowler/FairWarning | April 11, 2013