"Lead contamination got a massive amount of publicity after the 2014-2015 water crisis in Flint, Michigan because the lead-tainted water was poisoning children. Since then, there is much more awareness of what a dangerous metal lead is, and many experts consider lead contamination a public health crisis. Sources of lead contamination are covered, as is how dangerous it is to human health, how serious the problem is, and what is being done about it"--Provided by the publisher.

Introduction: dangerous metal - Chapter 1: Public health crises in the making - Chapter 2: A heavy toll on human health - Chapter 3: No end in sight - Chapter 4: An urgent search for solutions.