Lead is highly toxic with no known safe level for anyone to eat, drink or breathe in.
The major sources of lead are lead-based paint, leakages from lead-coated pipes in older buildings (pre 80s paints), industrial pollution from battery recycling firms as well as lead-contaminated water or food.
Lead metal contaminations in food crops is often linked to the high level soil and water pollution probable in farming along roadsides such as highways.
Chronic lead exposure causes lead accumulation in the bones. Pathologic processes (hyperthyroidism; prolonged immobilization) that cause high bone turnover in individuals with high bone . . .
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