This episode explores new research, which has found that even small amounts of lead in early childhood were linked to lower reading and maths scores all the way through school.

--- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Lead in the Water’ by Jean Garrigue here.

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