Lead Paint Guide

Minimizing Risks: The Dangers of Lead Paint Poisoning
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


Defined Tag: Lead Paint Poisoning.

Lead paint poisoning has been the concern of the public since it was discovered that high amounts of lead are hazardous to humans. The lead issue was again revived with the recent recall of thousands of toys found to have a high enough lead content to be considered dangerous to babies and children.

Most of the patients tested for lead poisoning are children who played with Thomas & Friends toys and other toys identified with lead contamination. These toys were recalled since then by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. The public concern brought about the implementation of free screening of the presence of lead in the blood by health bureaus of major US cities.

What is scary about lead poisoning is that it has no noticeable symptoms. The lead content of the body just accumulates over time until at such a level that its effects become harmful to the body and become irreversible. It is a good thing that early identification of the presence of dangerous levels of the lead metal can reverse the dangerous process of lead accumulation. Children below six years of age diagnosed with lead poisoning are put into a special program of detoxification and treatment.

Despite the days of headlines of toys from China contaminated with high levels of lead, the biggest source of lead poisoning is still from old and deteriorating paint. The second biggest source is from adult workers that bring in minute lead dust from jobs.

Because of this, prevention is the best cure for lead poisoning. Workers with known exposures to the metal must have a regular check-up as well as be subject to decontamination processes after work. Consumer products, on the other hand, suspected of having high levels of lead should be recalled as is being directed by US states.

As mentioned above, lead paint poisoning is by far the biggest source of risk. It is a good thing that the state government is implementing countermeasures against unnecessary exposure of the public to the dangerous metal.

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