FWD: leaded kids? Who cares? Children's product sellers get 1-year reprieve on lead testing

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Children's product sellers get 1-year reprieve on lead testing. <http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-consumer-lead31-2009jan31,0,309448.story> *Federal regulators on Friday postponed some testing requirementsthat would have forced many companies to check children's productsfor lead content. <http://www.latimes.com>- - - -DC: Study can't pinpoint extent of lead exposure. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/30/AR2009013003666.html> By Brown Washington Post Jan 31, 2009Scientists say they might never know how many children were harmed when lead levels in the District's water spiked early this decade. The number could be as few as 700 or as many as tens of thousands.The ultimate effects depend not only on how much of the toxic metal the children ingested but also how vulnerable they were as a consequence of genetics, their home environment and their experience in school.