lead poisoning

As if we don't have enough to worry about.
Let's just say that things aren't going especially well in the US right now. COVID is scaring the hell out of people (and I'm sick of writing about it), there is civil unrest all over the place and there ain't gonna be no baseball.
Christopher Ingraham at the Washington Post recently used
First edition, December 1997; reprinted August 1998; second edition, July 2000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
New York, NY July 1998. In a statement released in June 1998 the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) reported that 9,000 children in New York City have tested positive for lead poisoning.
New York, NY February 1998. In a new report, New York City Public Advocate Mark Green has called lead poisoning a "dire problem" for the city's children.
Lead poisoning is often cited as the number one environmental health concern for children.