Tradeoffs in child health

It’s one thing to intend to avoid neurotoxins, but another to arrive at the grandparents’ house and find they’ve just had ant poison sprayed. What do you do then?

Lead paint

Reducing kids’ exposure to lead from paint, dust, and soil

Fine?

The midwife told me that the baby would be “fine” if she were born now.  “But there’s still a lot more brain development for her to do,” I pointed out.