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Understanding an Unexpected Threat.
Written by Charles W. Schmidt
Published by Environmental Health Perspectives
VOLUME 116 | NUMBER 2 | February 2008
Until March 2007, thousands of kids around the country could be found playing with toy trucks, helicopters, and soldiers sold under the Elite Operations brand name. The toys were fun, and they looked great with their thick coat of glossy paint. Trouble was, that paint was loaded with 5,000 ppm lead, a potent developmental neurotoxicant with no known safe exposure level.
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