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BREAKING NEWS: CDC Advisory Committee Report: Low Level Lead Exposure Harms Children; Calls for lowering blood lead levels, more prevention

Lead Poisining in Children

January 4, 2012 in CDC, Children's Health, Health, Lastest News

January 4, 2012 – In a decision described as “historic,” an expert advisory committee to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted today to recommend a significant change in the level at which children are considered to have too much lead in their blood. The change will increase the number of children […]

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EPA Map of U.S. Locations That Fail to Meet Standards for Lead in the Air

Frisco EPA Lead Nonattainment Map

August 8, 2011 in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lead Contamination Maps, Lead Emissions

SOURCE: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY  

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Frisco High School Ranks Among Highest in Ranking of U.S. Schools Exposed to Lead, Toxic Chemicals; 37 Frisco School Cited in Report

Frisco High School Exposure to Lead/Toxic Chemicals

March 21, 2011 in Children's Health, Health, Lead Contamination Maps, Lead Experts/Research

In the USA Today Special Report, “The Smokestack Effect: Toxic Air and America’s Schools“, Frisco had several schools rank within the top 15th percentile – Frisco High School ranked in the 2nd highest percentile – for the schools in the U.S. with the most toxic air. USA TODAY used an EPA model to track the […]

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