Exposure to lead is not a problem for the vast majority of Americans and their children. The CDC data shows that progress is being made. This progress is especially notable since commercial lead use has never been greater. Though lead is no longer used in U.S. gasoline and paints, lead has many other uses. Eighty percent of lead use is in automotive-type batteries.
Leaded glass makes it possible to watch television and use computers safely.
Sadly, though, the lead-heads only see progress on lead exposure as a threat to their viability. They admitted as much during the press conference, stating that the purpose of Lanphear s study was to prevent the CDC report from being interpreted incorrectly. Ironically, the lower child blood lead levels go, the more shrill the lead-heads get. Lanphear noted that technology now enables the detection of lead in blood to the nanogram level a billionth of a gram or one thousand times lower than the microgram level. The lead-heads apparently plan to be around for a while.