Lead Children: new Netflix series reminds us that lead poisoning is still a global health problem

By Jane Entwistle, Professor of Environmental Geochemistry, Northumbria University, Newcastle

The new Netflix series Lead Children has put a spotlight on the issue of lead poisoning in 1970s Poland. The series follows a young doctor who discovers that children living near a smelting plant have been poisoned with lead.

According to the latest Global Burden of Disease study, exposure to lead remains one of the leading environmental risk factors for early death and poor health globally.…

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