US deaths from lead exposure 10 times higher than thought, study suggests

(CNN) – Lead exposure may be responsible for nearly 10 times more deaths in the United States than previously thought, according to a new study.The researchers concluded that nearly 412,000 deaths every year in the US can be attributed to lead contamination. That figure is 10 times higher than previously reported by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The new study, which published Monday in The Lancet Public Health, t