Word: leadedness
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He details the frustration he felt at having to move to various suites throughout the House in search of a de-leaded room for the baby he and Kay were expecting.
Light comes out as sacred, even in a homely scene--or especially there. Vermeer's religious paintings and allegories aren't very moving or convincing; God is in the shimmering, glinting details of the house. In Young Woman with a Pitcher, circa 1658-60, the subject holds a gilt water...
Obviously there have been huge improvements. Lead, for instance, slows mental and physical development in children. The increasing use of lead-free gasoline around the world vastly reduces these ills. But banning leaded gas is a regulation, and REGULATION, as conservatives know, is what the Devil has printed on his...
While not so alarmist, Carol Browner, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is also concerned. The Republican legislation, she says, would "create a convoluted maze that could prevent us from doing our jobs" and would also have "a real impact on our ability to protect public health." Had the Contract...
New findings from France indicate that humans were first-class polluters well before the Industrial Revolution. As early as 2,500 years ago, in fact, Greek and Roman smelters spewed enough lead to contaminate the entire northern hemisphere, according to a study by France's Domaine University that analyzed lead...