“Lead is toxic to humans and can affect people of any age or health status,” interim health commissioner Michael J. Nesheiwat said. "Poisoning by this heavy metal is 100 percent preventable. This health risk is most concerning with childhood exposure because it can have lifelong, adverse effe...
Advertisement “Lead poisoning is entirely preventable, yet it is the most common and societally devastating environmental disease of young children,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Louis W. Sullivan. Constant exposure can affect virtually every bodily system and is particularly harmful ...
"None of their lead levels exceed the CDC’s 1979 toxicity threshold. "Says Paul Mushak, an expert on toxic substances, "Our children and people in the risk groups shouldn’t be held hostage (成为人质) to a preventable disease. "
Mild to moderate lead toxicity (blood lead, 25-55 渭 g/dl) is a preventable pediatric illness affecting several million preschool children (``lead-toxic ch... JF Rosen,ME Markowitz,PE Bijur,... - 《Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America》 被引量...
Lead poisoning is a preventable environmental disease. Children and developing fetuses are especially vulnerable; even low blood lead levels (BLLs) are lin... LM Brown,D Kim,A Yomai,... - 《Int J Hyg Environ Health》 被引量: 77发表: 2005年 Simple Method for Determination of Urinary δ-...
With this approach to the problem of heavy metal toxicity, it is preventable not only with environmental intervention but also by the nutritional management.doi:10.1007/BF02867382Springer IndiaIndian Journal of Clinical BiochemistryD'Souza HS, Menezes G, Venkatesh T. Role of essential trace min- ...
The toxicity of lead Lead is a metal that occurs naturally in paint, ceramics, pipelines, and batteries, among other things. It is particularly hazardous to human health when ingested or inhaled. Presently, stringent regulations govern the incorporation of lead into consumer goods due to the met...
Its toxicity was also recognized long ago; Greek physicians made the first clinical description of lead poisoning in the first century B . C . E ., and lead is arguably the earliest known industrial pollutant. Lead taken internally in any of its forms is highly toxic. At higher body ...
It is postulated that biological variability, a concept widely used in medicine but rarely invoked in the researching of lead toxicity, is a crucial ingredient in lead research. It is further asserted that the grevious lack of etiologic... OJ David,J Clark,S Hoffman - 《Arch Environ Health》...
However, despite awareness that there is no known safe level of lead exposure [1] and that lead poisoning is preventable, WHO estimated that lead was responsible for 13.9 million disability associated life years (DALYs) in 2012 and contributed to mild to moderate mental retardation in 0.6 ...