‘I.Q. hurt by lead’
PA Auckland Recent findings suggest that people in Britain have a national intelligence quotient deficit of several points because of lead intoxication the A.N.Z.A.A.S. conference delegates were told. Professor D. Bryce-Smith, of the University of Reading, said he believed children and pregnant mothers were being overexposed to lead. Professor Bryce-Smith, of
I the University’s Organic [chemistry department, believes there might be ■direct links between lead | levels now regarded as norImal and a variety of health [and behavioural disorders. ) There was already considerable evidence linking hyperactivity with lead absorbed by the body, and mental retardation had been shown to result from excessive lead intake, he said.
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Press, 27 January 1979, Page 11
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