Lead is a highly toxic substance that may cause harm to virtually all cells and organs in the human body. As a result, lead exposure and poisoning causes a wide range of toxic effects that makes the diagnosis on clinical grounds difficult.
Usually, lead exposure results from chronic exposure to low lead levels from polluted environment. It is associated with detrimental health and social effects including the following:
• In childhood, or at the fetal stage, it may cause lifelong effects which has adverse consequences in adulthood such as lowered IQ levels, and learning difficulties, especially in reading and mathematics-even . . .
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