Lead exposure may be linked to 412,000 premature US deaths yearly, study says

Figure is 10 times larger than previous reports have suggested, potentially pointing to threat on par with smoking

Exposure to lead could contribute to as many as 412,000 premature deaths each year in the United States, a new study in the medical journal the Lancet has found. That estimate of premature deaths is 10 times larger than in previous studies, and could put deaths from exposure to the heavy metal on a par with smoking.

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