{
  "id": 14191360,
  "title": "Over 800 Million Children Have Unsafe Lead Levels in Their Blood",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/over-800-million-children-have-unsafe-lead-levels-in-their-blood",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-13T11:51:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/over-800-million-children-have-unsafe-lead-levels-in-their-blood/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Over 800 million children have unsafe lead levels in their blood, according to the latest estimates of the World Health Organization (WHO). A toxic metal found in the Earth’s crust, humans are increasingly exposed to lead contained in a range of everyday products, including paint, cookware, cosmetics and spices. Informal recycling and contaminated environments can […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}