A new study from Stanford University finds that wildfires can transform benign metals in soils and plants into toxic particles that easily become airborne.Burned serpentine chaparral at McLaughlin Natural Reserve after the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex. Burned serpentine chaparral at McLaughlin Natural Reserve after the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex. Image credit: Alandra Lopez, Stanford University...
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Lead contamination found in blood of half of young kids in U.S.
by Emma Court, Bloomberg News Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain About half of young children who were tested for lead had detectable levels of the toxic metal in their blood, according to a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Pediatrics on Monday. While most of the kids had relatively smaller amounts, about 2% had a level...