Though the heavy metal lead is largely gone from our gasoline and paint, it still lies insidiously below us in the ground and occasionally drifts through the air as dust.

尽管金属铅大部分通过汽油和油漆排放出去了，但任有一部分藏在我们看不见的地下，有时候作为灰尘漂浮在空气中。

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Current exposure sources include lead paint, folk remedies, glazed pottery, soil and drinking water in some urban areas with older housing.

目前仍然存在的暴露源包括：铅涂料、民间偏方、陶器、郊区的土壤和饮用水。

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But then I happened to read that lead in paint makes colors (particularly yellow and red) brighter and last longer; because lead costs less than alternates, cheaper toys are more likely to contain it.

可后来我偶然学到了一点知识：涂料中所含的铅有让色彩更艳丽、使油漆更耐用的作用，特别是红色及黄色涂料；而由于含铅涂料要比其他代用涂料便宜，因此，便宜的玩具含铅的可能性更高。

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The image of made-in-China products has taken some negative hits in recent years, following scandals involving lead paint in toys and tainted food products.

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The crime waves that afflicted many parts of the world and then, against all predictions, collapsed, were ascribed, in an article published by Mother Jones last week, to the rise and fall in the use of lead-based paint and leaded petrol.

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The board's storied history also includes banning lead paint and requiring fluoride to be included in drinking water.

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Federal officials have also issued recent warnings about lead paint in toy trains, defective tires and toothpaste made with diethylene glycol, a toxic ingredient commonly found in antifreeze.

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