| Solid evidence links lead exposure to hyperactivity, | | | | Environment) found that children with blood lead |
| learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder and | | | | levels of just 2 micrograms per deciliter or more |
| failure to graduate from high school. Lead poisoning is | | | | were four times more likely to have ADHD than |
| also linked to a tendency toward violence and other | | | | children with levels below 0.8 microgram per deciliter. |
| emotional and behavioral problems. | | | | The government's "acceptable" blood lead level is 10 |
| With over 25 percent of children containing blood lead | | | | micrograms per deciliter - five times the amount |
| levels high enough to lower IQ, cause learning | | | | shown to produce ADHD symptoms. |
| disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, hyperactivity | | | | Children are especially susceptible to lead and other |
| and/or disruptive behavior, lead poisoning remains a | | | | heavy metal exposure. Even small amounts of lead, |
| top environmental health hazard for children in the | | | | mercury and other heavy metals can pose a threat |
| United States. | | | | to a child's developing brain. |
| Consider these lead exposure studies and then | | | | The CDC estimates that 2.2 percent of U.S. children |
| seriously consider oral chelation therapy to detoxify | | | | have lead blood levels high enough to cause learning |
| the body. | | | | disabilities, damage their developing brains, cause |
| A 2003 study (University of Pittsburgh) found that | | | | seizures and even death. According to the EPA, |
| delinquent children were four times more likely to | | | | about 1.7 million children are affected by lead from |
| have elevated concentrations of lead in their bones. | | | | water pipes, old paint, soil, and other sources. |
| For this study, researchers tested the lead bone | | | | Discuss chelation therapy with your health care |
| concentrations of high school students without | | | | professional if your child has learning or behavioral |
| behavioral problems against teens convicted in | | | | issues or has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit |
| Juvenile Court. | | | | Disorder or autism. Chelation therapy removes lead, |
| University of Pittsburgh researchers also found that | | | | heavy metals and other toxins and can greatly |
| children with elevated lead levels were seven times | | | | improve or entirely eliminate symptoms. |
| more likely to drop out of high school and six times | | | | EDTA chelation therapy is the most commonly used |
| more likely to have a reading disability. Boys with | | | | detoxification treatment for people with lead |
| elevated lead levels were more likely to engage in | | | | poisoning and other toxicities. EDTA (ethylene diamine |
| vandalism, arson, bullying, shoplifting, and other | | | | tetra-acetic acid) attaching itself to heavy metals and |
| delinquent behaviors. | | | | carries the metals from the body. EDTA is safe and |
| A 2006 study (Center for Children's Health and the | | | | FDA-approved for treating lead poisoning. |