SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, released Thursday, said the most common source of exposure for lead-poisoned U.S. children under the age of 6 is lead-based paint, but non-paint sources have been identified increasingly as the cause of lead poisoning -- particularly in immigrant communities.

Healthcare workers should consider traditional customs when seeking sources of lead exposure in Southeast Asian populations, federal health officials advise.

"Healthcare providers should ask parents about their use of amulets, especially Southeast Asian families and those with children with elevated blood lead levels", the report said.

"Lead poisoning in children is a preventable public health problem that can adversely affect the developing nervous system and result in learning and behavior problems."

 BREAKING STORIES

Homeowner faces off city snow blower

Smog may lead to Milan traffic shutdown

Settlement in Florida suit affects turtles

Environmental convictions to be reviewed

Library of Congress hawk caught

Britain unveils plan to lease public woods

EU warns Britain on London air pollution

CDC: Lead poisoning linked to amulet

Cocaine tied to Colombian deforestation

Critics: Shark fishing nations fail pledge

Calls for regulation of rare-plant sales

Montreal counts record flock of crows

U.S. OKs return of wayward pelican

Charge: Coal-power pollution often deadly

Timber smuggling rife in Kashmir

Call for halt to pesticides in bee deaths

Solo McKinley climber rides out earthquake

Bird droppings cause roof collapse

Report details mercury emissions in Pa.

Man spots seal in Connecticut