{"id":3879,"date":"2019-10-18T08:03:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T12:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.airmd.com\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2019-10-18T08:03:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T12:03:59","slug":"national-lead-poisoning-week-oct-20-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airmd.com\/national-lead-poisoning-week-oct-20-26\/","title":{"rendered":"National Lead Poisoning Week Is Oct. 20-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The environmental testing experts at AirMD understand all too well the dangers of lead poisoning \u2013 especially when it comes to children. We are pleased to take this opportunity to join with other leaders in the field of scientific air and water quality assessment to help spread the word during National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, which is October 20-26, 2019. The purpose of NLPPW is to help communities work together to reduce childhood exposure to lead. <\/p>\n

\u201cLead poisoning — at levels that do not cause immediate symptoms — can permanently damage kids’ brains,\u201d WebMD<\/a> says. \u201cBefore their second birthday, children are particularly susceptible to lead poisoning. They are, of course, more likely than older children to put lead-contaminated hands or toys or paint chips in their mouths. Moreover, a child’s gastrointestinal tract also absorbs lead more readily than does the adult gut.\u201d<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not the biggest threat. As pediatrics professor John Rosen, MD, director of the lead program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y., told WebMD, lead toxicity poses a serious threat to a child’s rapidly developing brain<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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