From lead powders to arsenic wafers, this is how the quest for fairer skin and rosier lips once endangered lives, and how modern science turned fatal fashion into safer routine.

Arsenic creams, lead powders and deadly lipsticks: Inside history’s most lethal beauty trends

On July 8, authorities said that 235 children from the privately-owned kindergarten were being treated in hospital due to lead poisoning. 

Chinese probe reveals cover-up in lead poisoning of 200 children by provincial officials

In the United States, at least 22 toddlers fell ill from lead linked to pouches of cinnamon apple puree and apple sauce, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

US issues warning over possible cases of poisoning in children by lead linked apple sauce

A modelling research has suggested that poisoning caused by lead has a far greater impact on global health than previously thought. The study noted that the metal is potentially contributing to over five million deaths a year and posing a similar threat to air pollution.

Lead poisoning has far greater impact on global health than previously thought: Study

The US Foods and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday proposed draft guidance to reduce the amount of lead in packaged food meant for babies up to two years of age.

US FDA 'limits' quantity of disability-causing lead in baby food

The national symbol of the US, bald eagle, has been in dire straits nowadays. The population of the bird has been facing slump due to the lead poisoning, said a new study.

US national symbol bald eagle’s population takes a hit, all thanks to lead poisoning

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