CDC- Americans lower levels of lead, secondhand smoke over past

Saturday, February 1, 2003

ATLANTA -- Americans have lower levels of lead and secondhand-smoke byproducts in their bodies than they did a decade ago, according to a government study that is being called the most extensive examination ever of exposure to environmental chemicals.

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