Living Estuaries Estuaries, the vital coastal zones where rivers and streams meet the oceans. Nature designed them as marine nurseries and havens for migratory birds, but humans are getting in the way. Since civilization began, men and women have gathered at the well. Water is also the source of conflict between Israel and nearly all its neighbors. More than 20 years ago the United States banned the use of the metal lead in gasoline and household paint.
Adults are relatively immune to small exposures.
But even minute amounts of lead can have devastating effects on the brains of young children, and there is evidence that millions of American children have been so poisoned. All rights reserved. No portion of this transcript may be copied, sold, or transmitted without the written authority of World Media Foundation.