lead safety · this week
4 free tools to cut your family's lead exposure.
plus the kit is 50% off.
the tools are digital. free, no signup, use them right now. the physical kit — the one that tests dishes and surfaces for lead — is on sale this week only. 50% off today. drops to 40% off tomorrow.
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lead in food — 4 tools, all free
most people know about lead paint and old pipes. fewer people know how much comes in through food. these tools are already built.
tool 01 — food calculator
blood lead food calculator
type in any food. get the best available data on lead exposure from that food. also shows cadmium, arsenic, and mercury.
1,293 foods in the database
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tool 02 — baby food
baby food lot lookup
look up the lot number on the jar before you feed it. or just use it to know which brands to avoid — that alone does a lot.
72 brands · 48,279 tests
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tool 03 — formula
infant formula lead levels
years of data on specific brands and types. the fda put out general good news recently. brand still matters more than they let on.
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tool 04 — prenatal vitamins
prenatal vitamin lead guide
easy techniques to choose better vitamins and reduce exposure if you want them.
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tool 05 — baby food
baby food brands & ingredients
see which brands and ingredients to avoid or use, before you buy.
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higher ADHD risk at blood lead levels most pediatricians call "normal"
5 IQ pts
lost per 10 ug/dL of blood lead — no safe threshold found
1 in 4
U.S. children have detectable lead exposure from dishes, dust, and food
five signs lead is affecting your kid's attention
lead is upstream of ADHD. the kids with the highest lead have 4x the diagnosis rate — at levels most pediatricians call normal.
worry 01 · age 3 to 5
can't sit still at circle time
pre-K teacher pulls you aside
the first call usually comes from the preschool teacher. your kid won't sit on the carpet. pops up. wanders. bothers other kids. lead changes the part of the brain that handles "stay still and listen" — the same part stimulants act on. kids with the most lead are about 4x more likely to land in an ADHD eval by elementary school.
Braun et al., Environ Health Perspect 2006
worry 02 · grades K to 3
falling behind on reading
the gap doesn't close on its own
Iowa tracked 305,000 kids from toddler blood lead through eleventh grade. the reading gap that showed up in second grade was still the same size in eleventh. not "he's a late bloomer." the gap stays the size it started at. these were kids with blood lead the government once called normal.
Wehby, JAMA Network Open 2021
worry 03 · ages 6 to 12
homework takes three hours
the fight every weeknight
30 minutes of math, three hours later half of it is still blank. the trouble is working memory — the brain's ability to hold a thought long enough to use it. lead damages exactly that. it's not about effort. the hardware took a hit.
Cecil et al., PLOS Medicine 2008
worry 04 · ages 8 to 18
the ADHD diagnosis
the school is "recommending" you see someone
the pediatrician fills out a Vanderbilt form. you fill one out. the teacher fills one out. nobody asks what the dishes are painted with. the first thing a kid getting evaluated for ADHD should get is a blood lead check and a home sweep. it almost never happens. the prescription comes first.
CDC clinical guidance, 2021 BLRV update
worry 05 · ages 6 to 18
the stimulant
Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin, Focalin
a stimulant turns up the volume on the brain network lead damaged. it helps. a lot of kids genuinely need it. but it doesn't undo what's already there. find the source while your kid is still small and you stop adding to the deposit. the pill manages the symptom. pulling lead out of the house is the only thing that touches the cause.
NHANES 2017–2020 ADHD prevalence data
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