“Lead” Astray: My Toddler Was Toxic

October 25, 2009  

By Angie Smith I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Marshall, in 1996. My baby was perfect…well, at least to me he was! He talked very early. He walked very early. Marshall held fairly reasonable conversations by 18 months. I crowed at his every accomplishment, and I felt like he was an extension of my soul [...]

Hey Mom! Give Me Some Lead While I String These Lights!

October 25, 2009  

By Angie Smith This morning on tv, I heard a warning about lead in a product that we all usually come in contact with this time of the year, especially children.   “Not again,” I thought. Lead in makeup, then toys, now this? For years, it seemed all we parents had to worry with was [...]

Lead Poisoning & Alzheimer’s Disease

April 17, 2009  

Lead Poisoning & Alzheimer’s Disease

Written by Gerlinde Evans with extract of findings from The Journal of Neuroscience. Several studies show that lead poisoning in infancy may make Alzheimer’s disease more likely.According to the study, which is based on monkeys, not people, early lead poisoning may also tinker with genes, in a way that sets the stage for Alzheimer’s disease [...]