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...This study is the first study to demonstrate that lead that is accumulated in your bones, and not just what shows up in your blood, may be exerting a toxic effect," said Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine Howard Hu, who led the team of researchers which produced the findings...
...Hu explained that bones are constantly regenerating, especially in the bodies of pregnant or lactating women or in those of elderly people with osteoporosis...
...they had no means of proving their hypothesis--until the development of the X-ray fluorescence instrument, which measures levels of lead in bone, according to Hu...
With this device, researchers in Sweden and Britain showed that lead in the bones of workers exposed to high levels of lead may result in kidney damage, Hu said. But his team was the first to show that modest exposure to lead among the general population may also harm the body...
...Holy smokes! The stuff that's hanging around bones that we thought was harmless might be doing something," Hu said...