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Enough to Make Your Lead Spin
Rhode Island lawsuit pinpoints lead poisoning as an environmental, not medical, problem |
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22 Jan 2004 |
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| In the spring of 2000, in Manchester, N.H., a two-year-old Sudanese girl named Sunday Abek, just three weeks removed from an Egyptian refugee camp, was treated at an emergency room for a low-grade fever and vomiting. A throat culture turned up positive for strep, and she was sent home with an antibiotic prescription. Three weeks later, as her vomiting worsened, Abek w ... |
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| Topics: health, Rhode Island, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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