Lead

Lead

Lead
(Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit)
Why is lead dangerous to the health of children? This short article answers questions about lead exposure in easy-to-understand terms. Learn how children get exposed to lead, what the health effects are, how to test for lead levels, and how to decrease your child's risk.
http://www.pediatrics.emory.edu/centers/pehsu/concern/lead.html
Lead and Environmental Health
(National Library of Medicine)
This page provides links to selected web sites on exposure, treatment, and prevention of lead poisoning. Lead is a naturally-occurring element that can be harmful to humans when ingested or inhaled. Lead poisoning can cause a number of adverse human health effects, but is particularly detrimental to the neurological development of children. People can be exposed to lead through the air, as well as through accidentally or intentionally eating soil or paint chips, and food or water contaminated with lead.
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/lead.html
Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Learn why lead is dangerous to our health, and especially to the health of young children. Read about where lead is found in and around our homes, where it is likely to be a danger, what to do if you live in or are renovating a home with lead-based paint, and how to protect your family. Select Education and Outreach for materials about healthy eating and lead poisoning prevention, a parent's guide to lead in the home, and more.
http://www2.epa.gov/lead
Lead Poisoning
(MEDLINEplus)
Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leadpoisoning.html

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