Lead In The Sky: A Hidden Health Crisis | Community Cornerby Save Our Skies AllianceIt has been a difficult summer for those who enjoy Colorado’s beautiful outdoors. Front Range air quality deteriorated to “unhealthy” levels at least 18 times this year. All this has been made worse by the lung-damaging haze of wildfire smoke that obscures our blue skies. A just-released study of the impact of lead-based fuels on children living near the Reid-Hillview airport in Santa Clara, CA clearly defines this hidden health risk. For context, lead levels detected during the peak of the Flint water crisis were between .35 and .45 micrograms per deciliter over baseline.