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LEAD POISONING
THROUGHOUT HISTORY
Presentation by :
Pavanesh
Simon
Tarven
Meera
Lead
LeadPoisoning
has no known biological
function.
There is no proven safe lower
limit for lead.
Lead Pb++, competes with
Ca++, Fe++
It is cheap, useful, easy to mine,
therefore
Lead is ubiquitous- in air, food,
water, soil, ceilings etc.
Leaded petrol means that all
environmental dusts are high in
lead-contaminating ceiling dust,
Introduction
The data shows how lead poisoning affects even a state known for its environmental
advocacy, with high rates of childhood exposure found in a swath of the Bay Area and
downtown Los Angeles. And the figures show that, despite national strides in
eliminating lead-based products, hazards remain in areas far from the Rust Belt or
East Coast regions filled with old housing and legacy industry.
In one central Fresno zip code, 13.6 percent of blood tests on children under six
years old came back high for lead. That compares to 5 percent across the city of
Flint during its recent water contamination crisis. In all, Reuters found at least 29
Golden State neighborhoods where children had elevated lead tests at rates at least
as high as in Flint.
Its a widespread problem and we have to get a better idea of where the sources of
exposure are, said California Assembly member Bill Quirk, who chairs the state
legislatures Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials.
Chronology of the event
To Health :
Renal Effects
Hematological Effects
Endocrine Effects
Gastrointestinal Effects
Cardiovascular(Hypertension) Effects
Reproductive Effects
Developmental Effects
The great disadvantage of lead has always been that it is poisonous. This
was fully recognised by the ancients, and Vitruvius specifically warns against
its use. Because it was nevertheless used in profusion for carrying drinking
water, the conclusion has often been drawn that the Romans must therefore
have suffered from lead poisoning; sometimes conclusions are carried even
further and it is inferred that this caused infertility and other unwelcome
conditions, and that lead plumbing was largely responsible for the decline
and fall of Rome.