Sexting Survey
National Campaign Alerts
Parents to Harmful Trend
A survey by the National Campaign
to Prevent Teen Pregnancy has
found that one in five teens and
one in three young adults aged 20
to 26 have sent nude or semi-nude
pictures of themselves via phone
or posted them online. The practice
is known as “sexting.” Campaign
spokesman Bill Albert says he
believes those numbers are low
because they were self-reported. A
separate survey by WiredSafety.org,
an Internet educational nonprofit,
reported that 44 percent of teen
boys said they have seen at least
one naked picture of a female
classmate.
Safe Kids
“A lot of the kids feel anony-
Saliva Test Detects Lead Levels in Children
mous online, so they feel more Confirm BioSciences recently released the first non-invasive test, a saliva screening
comfortable doing inappropriate kit, that parents can use to discover if their kids have been exposed to excessive
things because they think they levels of toxic lead. Industrial areas, with older housing incorporating lead pipes
won’t be linked back to them,” and old paint, are of special concern. Children often get lead poisoning by eating
observes one 11th-grader who has lead-based paint chips or breathing in lead paint dust, but a range of consumer
advocated cyber-safety since the goods have produced lead recalls in recent years, as well.
eighth grade. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that lead poisoning is
The campaign’s survey also the leading environmentally induced illness in children, yet one of the most pre-
found that the majority—66 ventable. Nearly a million children under
percent of girls and 60 percent of the age of five now have lead levels that
boys—say they thought of sexting experts consider dangerous. Lead poi-
as “fun” or “flirtatious.” Yet, 70 soning can cause learning disabilities,
percent recognized it could have slowed growth and developmental
serious, long-term consequences delays.
for their careers or social standing. Also, Occupational Safety and
Albert notes that despite a rising Health Administration statistics
number of pornography court cases report that at least a million U.S.
stemming from the phenomenon, adults, in some 100 different jobs,
“Legal consequences were low on are exposed to lead daily.
their list of concerns.”
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