Bad for kids: Children’s health advocates from the EcoWaste Coalition displays samples of school supplies found to be containing lead above permitted levels. Medical science has found that lead interferes with children’s brain development and impairs their health.
Bad for kids: Children’s health advocates from the EcoWaste Coalition displays samples of school supplies found to be containing lead above permitted levels. Medical science has found that lead interferes with children’s brain development and impairs their health.

A CHEMICAL known to damage a child’s developing brain even at low exposures was discovered in some children’s school supplies sold on Metro Manila markets.

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