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CDC Soft-Pedaled Signs of DC Lead Poisoning

By Erika Solomon,  Newser User

Posted Apr 10, 2009 12:53 PM CDT

(Newser) – A CDC report withheld evidence linking water contamination to lead poisoning in Washington, DC, children, reports Salon. The 2004 study said city water caused only slightly increased blood lead levels, but thousands of blood tests were missing from the influential report, which may have skewed...   Read full story »

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