More than one thousand children living nearby were reported to have high levels of lead in their blood.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

The team found levels of lead as high as thirty-two thousand parts per million in tests on some paint samples from Ecuador.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Over time,high blood sugar can lead to blindness, kidney failure, heart disease and nerve damage.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

The study found that almost three-fourths of the brands had dangerously high levels of lead.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

And lead amounts can be especially high near industrial areas and waste dumps.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

The professor says high quality paint can be produced without lead.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

His advocacy of intensive, high-yield agriculture came under criticism from environmentalists in recent years, but Borlaug and those who followed his lead argued that older methods of sustainable farming could not produce enough food to prevent hunger in poorer regions of the world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13