A new study has linked lead exposure to kitchen cookware, which was first noticed in Afghan children in King County.
Steve Whittaker, who is a research services program manager and toxicologist for the King County Hazardous Waste Management Program, was one of the lead authors of the study.
“We first became aware of the issue of Afghan children having high blood lead levels when the Department of Health reported some data showing that amongst all refugee children resettled in Washington state, Afghan children had what we call the highest prevalence of blood lead levels,” said Whittaker.
The prevalence of lead exposure in Afghan children led to the Hazardous
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