There are a number of health problems that may be caused by the environment. Lead poisoning is the most preventable. However, even almost a million children in the United States have been tested and showed high levels of lead in blood. Any child may be at risk of lead poisoning, but despite what some believe, the child can not be harmed by lead in pencils. There is no real lead in pencils or paint pens, but there are other ways in which your child can contact lead.
Children can get lead dust from old paint on hands or toys and then touching their mouths. You can inhale lead dust as well. Sometimes, mud pies can contain lead from old paint. Lead can also enter your body if your child drinks water from pipes lined or soldered with lead lead.
When lead enters the body, travels through the bloodstream and eventually stored in the bones where it can remain for life. If very high levels of lead in the body, may cause long-term problems such as kidney problems, hearing loss, growth problems, anemia, delayed development and seizures. Most children with elevated lead levels in your system does not show no symptoms until school age. Unfortunately, this point, you are learning and behavioral problems.
Parents can reduce the risk of lead poisoning, ensuring that your child eats well-balanced meals. Parents give their children nutritious foods and low in fat that are rich in calcium and iron, like meat, beans and spinach and low fat dairy products, help reduce the amount of lead absorbed by the body. There are other things parents can do to ensure that their children are not in danger of lead poisoning.
If you have pipes Lead, be sure to let the water run for two minutes in the morning and do not use hot tap water for drinking, cooking or preparing the milk. If parents have hobbies involving lead, such as painting, welding, fishing sinkers, Buck shot or glass, a change of clothes and shoes is necessary before entering the house. Keep work clothes, or wash immediately. The same goes for parents who work in places that have high levels of lead, such as battery makers and corporate mergers.
Always encourage your children to wash their hands frequently. It is good practice for several reasons!
If your house was built before 1950, ask your doctor to examine your child for lead. If your house was built before 1978 with health department about safe ways to remodel your home. The only way to know for sure if your child has been exposed to a leader is that your doctor check your child's blood. Lead Assessment can be done using a small amount of blood fingertip, or a larger amount of blood into a vein. These tests measure the amount of lead in their blood.
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Thank you for your post! I would like to add that if you work with lead, you should wash your clothes separately. To protect your children from lead poisoning, clean floors, window sills, and toys often. If you are remodeling your pre-1978 house, follow lead-safe work practices that you can find at http://www.zipwall.com/epa.php. You can also find more information about lead hazards at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website.
Another great article about the dangers of lead paint. We attended the class at one of the locations on the EPA Lead Training website (http://www.epaleadtraining.com) epaleadtraining.com.
I hope it helps you as it did us. Once it was said and done, I’m glad we went through the class as we learned new practices for our jobs.