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John Hopkins

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John Hopkins

The lead paint which was conducted in the early 1990 's had the task of establishing how effective the different levels of repair in the Baltimore neighborhood had in reducing the amount of lead in the blood of the children that lived in the inner sides of the city . Lead has been establishment as one of the main reasons that will generally tend to reduce the performance of children in schools as well as

reducing their levels of IQ . The study however turned out to be controversial with lawsuits being set against the Kennedy Krieger institute which is an affiliate of John 's Hopkins . The Tuskegee Syphilis Study on the other hand was conducted in Tuskegee between 1932 and 1972 . It was conducted by the U .S . public Health Service . This study also turned out to be controversial and parallels can be drawn between this case and the lead study case

The lead study case was designed to test the levels of lead in a number of five housing groups which were divided in 25 houses per each group Three of the five sets of homes in the study received maintenance with the aim of reducing lead levels . 25 houses received minimal repairs , 25 others had middle levels of repair while the rest of the 25 groups of houses had heavy repair work . This study also incorporated two control groups with one that had no lead levels...