STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Tuesday, 15 December 2015

[Hotler]

10. This sucks. In Flint, Mich., there’s so much lead in children’s blood they’ve declared a

state of emergency .

For months, worried parents in Flint, Mich., arrived at their pediatricians’ offices in droves. Holding a toddler by the hand or an infant in their arms, they all have the same question: Are their children being poisoned?

To find out, all it takes is a prick of the finger, a small letting of blood. But if the tests come back positive, the potentially severe consequences are far more difficult to discern.

That’s how lead works. It leaves its mark quietly, with a virtually invisible trail. But years later, when a child shows signs of a learning disability or behavioral issues, lead’s prior presence in the bloodstream suddenly becomes inescapable.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-flint-mich-there%e2%80%99s-so-much-lead-in-children%e2%80%99s-blood-they%e2%80%99ve-declared-a-state-of-emergency/ar-BBnzEbx?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp