Global Pandemic: Report - A Third of the World's Children Have Lead Poisoning

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🗓️ 29 July 2020

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Many health emergencies are not getting as much attention amid the coronavirus pandemic, as the medical community has switched its efforts to prioritize fighting the virus. A new UNICEF report says 1 in 3 children have high lead levels in their blood, causing serious negative health effects that may not be seen until later in life. FOX’s Trey Yingst speaks with Nicholas Rees, UNICEF’s Climate and Environment Specialist, on what actions governments around the world can take to address the toxic risk factors that are causing lead poisoning in children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	Wednesday July 29th, 2020, I'm Trey Yinks. A new UNICEF report details how lead poisoning
0:46.7	is affecting children around the world. Despite dealing with the COVID-19 crisis, analysts
0:51.7	say the international community must pay attention.
0:54.8	There is essentially no safe level of exposure to lead, but even at 5 micograms per
1:00.4	death later, that has an effect on children's cognitive development and has been
1:06.6	shown to cause it between a three and five point drop in IQ.
1:10.6	This is the Fox News rundown, global pandemic.
1:14.0	A new UNICEF report says one in three children have high lead levels in their blood.
1:22.0	Over the next few minutes, you'll get the latest headlines on the global COVID-19 outbreak
1:26.0	and hear from UNICEF's climate and environment specialist Nicholas Reese,
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