Lead has been used over the years as a component of household products. But due to the dangerous side effects and lead poisoning symptoms caused by the toxic substance, it was banned as a gasoline and paint additive. Although government health agencies have addressed the issue and have come up with preventive measures [...]
Childhood lead poisoning is very common. This is because kids don’t really know that what they could be munching or touching on already contain lead. Though the ill effects of lead poisoning don’t instantly show up, they can still be a threat to the health of your child. Lead can combine in the blood and [...]
Lead has been a useful substance, and it’s one of the reasons why there are a lot of products that contain it. You can even find it in your old home. You can check your pots, stained glasses, walls, and pipes. Most of them do have lead.
What you may not be aware of, however, is [...]
When your house is positive of lead, one of the foremost victims are the children. Childhood lead poisoning is very common. In fact, there are already kids who suffered from brain damage, coma, or even death because of lead poisoning.
As a parent, it is your main responsibility to ensure their safety. Here are 7 things [...]
Just when you thought that you’re safe in your own home, you realize that you can actually suffer from one of the most dreaded illnesses in the world: lead poisoning. With lead, your children can develop learning disabilities and stunted growth. Worse, you may damage your brain, which will eventually cause your death.
It’s thus very [...]
Lead poisoning is perhaps one of the most dangerous threats to you and your family’s health. Poisoning from lead can cause your kids to suffer from learning disabilities and stunted growth. Lead poisoning among adults, on the other hand, can be one of the leading causes of brain damage and eventually death. There are a [...]
Lead testing kits are useful products to have around the house. For the sake of our children’s health and well-being, we need to check if the surfaces they come in contact with at home are free from lead contaminants. After all, lead exposure is very dangerous to young children.
There are many lead testing [...]
Testing for lead in your home is a very important task that you may have to undertake when you have young children or pregnant women living in your home. The presence of lead in your drinking water or in your house paint can poison you over time. In young children and in unborn [...]
Recent studies have shown that lead in paint is the most common way for both children and adults to be afflicted with lead poisoning. While lead-based paint is no longer commercially available in the United States, it nonetheless poses a problem to people living in homes built during the 1960s or earlier.
It was during the [...]
Lead in drinking water has always been a major concern with health authorities in the last few decades. The reason behind this is that lead poisoning is now proven to be dangerous or even fatal in extreme cases. Children are especially susceptible to lead poisoning because the lead in their systems can build up over [...]
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