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Join Dr Sam Illingworth as he provides insight into new scientific research via the medium of poetry.
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Monday Jul 14, 2025
Monday Jul 14, 2025
This episode explores new research, which has found that even small amounts of lead in early childhood were linked to lower reading and maths scores all the way through school.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Lead in the Water’ by Jean Garrigue here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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