Lydia denworth books5/19/2023 ![]() In Toxic Truth, journalist Lydia Denworth tells the little-known stories of these two men who were among the first to question the wisdom of filling the world with such a harmful metal. Though few people worried about it at the time, lead was also toxic. It was literally everywhere-in gasoline and paint, of course, but also in water pipes and food cans, toothpaste tubes and toys, ceramics and cosmetics, jewelry and batteries. But in the chemistry lab and the hospital ward, they met a common enemy: lead. Herbert Needleman was a pediatrician treating inner-city children. ![]() ![]() Clair Patterson was a geochemist focused on determining the age of the Earth. ![]() They didn't start out as environmental warriors. The first book to tell the incredible story of two men behind the bitter thirty-year fight to protect children from lead. ![]()
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