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Indias significantly elevated blood lead levels can in part, be attributed to battery smelting, which is poorly regulated in India, researchers said. (Photo: Pixabay)

High lead exposure causing intellectual disability in Indian children,...

At low levels, one microgrammes per deciLitre of lead contamination in the blood causes more than half a point of IQ...

15 Oct 2018 8:29 AM IST

40-50 percent of the times the infertility in couples is because of the female partner and 30-40 percent for the male partner. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study finds impact of lead exposure on fertility

Because fertility has implications for economic activity, factors that decrease fertility are of significant policy...

23 May 2018 5:38 PM IST

Childhood lead exposure was weakly associated with conviction and self-reported criminal offending up to age 38 (Photo: AFP)

Lead exposure as a child may not be cause criminal behaviour in...

Some researchers suggest that lead may be linked to criminal behaviour but that association could be explained by low...

27 Dec 2017 8:07 PM IST