Lead A Risk Years After Ban

Decades after it was banned in household paint and gasoline, lead continues to pose a “modest” risk to Canadians prone to hypertension, new Statistics Canada research shows. Authorities said sampling of thousands of Canadians found all individuals tested, 100 percent, had blood lead levels: “It’s still there”.

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