By Jeff Weidenhamer"While lead exposures from leaded gasoline are no longer a problem in the US, older housing built before lead paint was banned in 1978 remains a source of serious lead exposure to children. This is likely where Freddie Gray’s exposure came from. It is not just Baltimore and other inner cities where this is a problem. Ashland and Ashland County has a significant proportion of older housing, and areas where children are at serious risk of having elevated lead levels." READ THE FULL ARTICLE
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