Lead Poisoning-Prevention

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At the outset, arrange to remove the source of lead from the house or workplace and then go in for a balanced diet.

Lead based paint is the most common source. Films of paint is easily peeled off and thrown into the soil, contamimnating the soil. The paint particles along with dust and debris are thrown here and there when old buildings are demolished or renovated. Houses built earlier to 1950 have the highest level of lead based paint. Even those built before 1978 have some amount of such paint.

Toys and jewellery manufactured in some countries contain a bit of lead.In 2007, The United States Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) have given the list of such items in their website ‘www.cpsc.gov.’

For the houses to be free from lead, you have to engage experts in the job of cleaning. Cleaning includes wet mopping the floors, damp sponging of walls, vacuumizing with a high efficiency vauum compressor etc.

There are recognised agencies to test the level of lead in the house. The state or local health department can help you in locating them.
There are other sources of lead such as:

Jobs in industries dealing in lead, hobbies with exposure to lead, certain medicines and cosmetics, leaded crystal, lead- glazed pottery, vegetables grown in lead contaminated soil, food stored in lead or lead soldered cans, water from lead soldered copper pipes, pollluted air from lead smelters, certain medicines and supplements and vitamins from india, ink used in certain printing materials and certain vinyl plastic items such as mini-blinds manufactured in certain countries earlier to 1996.

If your house is contaminated, thoroughly clean the floor, window sills, door frames etc. Mop with warm soap water twice a week. The same traeatment should br given to toys and other articles.

If drinking water is contaminated, in the early morning, keep the tap open for a few minutes and drain the water. Use the water for drinking and cooking only after that.
Everyone in the house should have a healthy balanced diet. Sufficient intake of iron, calcim, zinc, phosphorous, vitamins etc will prevent lead from entering thr body. Ensure that the children are taken care of well in this respect.

If you are working in an industry dealing in lead or if your hobby is with lead, you have every chance to get poisoned. The company has to ensure that you are taken care of. You should not transfer the menace to your house. You should prevent the lead particles to be transported to the house through your body, dresses, shoes etc. Preferably you can have a bath in the workspot itself and change your apparels there.

Your food habits will help in prevention to a great extend. Go for a healthy balanced diet. If you keep you stomach full by having frequent meals or snacks, that will prevent the attack as lead is not easily absorbed when the stomach isa full.

Do not take high fat diets. High fat dietsa will absorb more lead