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In adults, occupational exposure is the main cause of lead poisoning. [5] People can be exposed when working in facilities that produce a variety of lead-containing products; these include radiation shields, ammunition, certain surgical equipment, developing dental X-ray films prior to digital X-rays (each film packet had a lead liner to ...
Lead poisoning can cause irreversible damage to the nervous system and the brain and poses a specific risk to infants and children. Service lines that bring water into homes are thought to be a ...
Ingestion of lead at the correct dosage can kill. Accumulation of lead in the body can damage the gastrointestinal and nervous system, kidneys, or red blood cells. Children, infants, and fetuses are more affected by lead than adults. [11] Lead can cause learning difficulties, stunt physical and mental growth, or threaten fetal development. [12]
Lead is a neurotoxin known to cause irreversible long-term organ damage, lower IQs, higher risk for miscarriage, asthma, cardiovascular disease, impotence, and elevated blood pressure.
A lead service line (LSL, also known as lead service pipe, [1] and lead connection pipe [2]) is a pipe made of lead which is used in potable water distribution to connect a water main to a user's premises. Lead exposure is a public health hazard as it causes developmental effects in fetuses, infants, and young children. It also has other health ...
Although lead has been banned from paint since 1978, lead poisoning still occurs. A medical expert explains the signs and symptoms of this public health problem.
Lead is widely understood to be toxic to multiple organs of the human body, particularly the human brain. Concerns about even low levels of exposure began in the 1970s; in the decades since, scientists have concluded that no safe threshold for lead exposure exists. [2] [3] The major source of lead exposure during the 20th century was leaded ...
The Environmental Protection Agency announced last month a goal of replacing 100% of lead pipes within a decade. Lead was a common pipe material before the 1980s, when federal regulators began ...