Category Archives: lead

Plumb crazy

By Deborah Blum
Posted: March 8, 2012

Category: lead, poison, science history, Speakeasy Science | Tagged CDC, Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, lead, lead poisoning, plumbism, plumbum, U.S. Centers for Disease Control | 15 Comments

Of Dead Bodies and Dirty Streets

By Deborah Blum
Posted: August 25, 2011

Category: lead, science history, Speakeasy Science, The Poisoner's Handbook | Tagged Alexander Gettler, Charles Norris, Dupont, ethyl gasoline, lead poisoning, leaded gasoline, loony gas, New York City Medical Examiner's Office, Standard Oil, Tetraethyl Lead, Thomas Midgley Jr. | 29 Comments

At the Door of the Loony Gas Building

By Deborah Blum
Posted: August 24, 2011

Category: consumer protection, lead, science history, Speakeasy Science, The Poisoner's Handbook | Tagged Alexander Gettler, Charles Kettering, Charles Norris, Dupont, Jr., lead poisoning, leaded gasoline, loony gas, New York City Medical Examiner's Office, Standard Oil, Tetraethyl Lead, Thomas Midgley | 76 Comments

Jessica Alba and the Chemistry Thing

By Deborah Blum
Posted: May 27, 2011

Category: chemistry, consumer protection, lead, Speakeasy Science | Tagged bisphenol A, BPA, Frank Lautenberg, Healthy Families, Jessica Alba, lead toxicity, Safer Chemicals, Senate Safe Chemicals Act, toxic chemicals, Toxic Substances Control Act | 14 Comments

Killing the Consumer (a wingnut theory)

By Deborah Blum
Posted: November 29, 2010

Category: consumer protection, lead, Speakeasy Science | Tagged Associated Press, China, Consumer Product Safety Commission, consumer protection, CPSC, Inez Moore Tenenbaum, Jackie Speier, lead, lead poisoning, lead recalls, Shrek glasses, The Tampa Tribune | 14 Comments

The Hour of Lead

By Deborah Blum
Posted: September 27, 2010

Category: lead, poison | Tagged Bush administration on lead poisoning, Edo Period, Emily Dickinson, lead, lead poisoning, lead poisoning in China, lead poisoning in Nigeria, lead shot, Pb, plumbism, Romans, samurai, Tamiji Nakashima, the Hour of Lead, The Washington Post, U.S. CDC, U.S. EPA | 21 Comments