Lead poisoning has a far greater impact on global health than previously thought, potentially contributing to over five million deaths a year and posing a similar threat to air pollution, modelling research suggested Tuesday.
Lead poisoning has a far greater impact on global health than previously thought, potentially contributing to over five million deaths a year and posing a similar threat to air pollution,The study, described as"a wake-up call", also estimated that exposure to the toxic metal causes young children in developing countries to lose an average of nearly six IQ points each.
Lead author Bjorn Larsen told AFP that when the pair first saw the figure their model calculated,"we didn't even dare to whisper the number" because it was so"enormous". It would mean that lead exposure is a bigger cause of heart disease than smoking or cholesterol, Larsen said.The research also estimated that children under five lost a cumulative 765 million IQ points due to lead poisoning globally in 2019, with 95 percent of those losses coming in developing countries.The World Bank researchers put the economic cost of lead exposure at $6 trillion in 2019, equivalent to seven percent of global gross domestic product.
For example, the relationship between lead in blood and heart disease is based on a survey in the United States, and whether those findings could be applied worldwide"is a huge jump of faith", he said.
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