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more_legal_areas lead_exposureBefore lead poisoning effects were known, the use of lead in dangerous amounts in industrial operations, paint and many other products used on a widespread basis was found. As the effects of lead were more closely acknowledged, lead was slowly phased out of many high source products after discovering the health effects exposure can cause. The realization of the dangers of lead has led to legal action, with families, workers and groups filing lead poisoning cases to recover damages suffered because of the harmful effects suffered.
Even though lead has been largely phased out, reports of lead poisoning continue to be made, especially concerning because of the childhood exposure. Significant, hazardous effects of lead are especially dangerous among children because they have not yet fully developed and can absorb much larger amounts of lead. Lead poisoning cases involving children describe the effects on behavior, learning and growth that long-term exposure can create. Since symptoms of lead poisoning cases are often mild, many people will not realize lead exposure is being suffered.
Due to the difficulties of determining lead exposure symptoms, lead poisoning cases can involve individuals that are now suffering serious effects of lead poisoning that has developed to irreversible damage. The inability to discern signs displayed to lead poisoning before the damage has become permanent and devastating has been an especially relevant topic in lead poisoning education. Despite the government regulation making efforts to stop lead sources from harming children and adults, a high number of children continue to be exposed to lead.
According to CDC estimates, 890,000 U.S. children between the ages of one and five have elevated blood lead levels. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) banned house paint with more than 0.06 percent lead in 1978, so housing particularly built before 1950 may have lead. The CDC has estimated the number of African American children living in housing built before 1946 with elevated blood lead levels accounts for more than one-fifth of the children, showing a high number of lead poisoning cases in children can be attributed to lead in paint. Because children often put their hands and other objects into their mouths, a home with chipping paint built prior to lead being phased out can cause a more likely ingestion of lead particles.
Lead poisoning cases have also involved workplace exposure. Workers in certain occupations have a higher risk for lead poisoning, including painting, metal smelting and mining, firearms instructors, automotive repair/mechanics, brass and copper foundry workers and bridge, tunnel and elevated highway construction workers. If unaware of lead poisoning risks at the workplace, workers can bring lead dust into their homes, exposing children and other family members to the dangerous effects. Lead poisoning cases have included learning and speech disabilities, impaired hearing, decreased growth, hyperactivity and brain damage. Adult lead poisoning cases have included seizures, coma, death and damage to reproductive organs and harm to a fetus.
If caught early enough, the effects of lead poisoning can be limited and serious, permanent damage avoided. The dangers lead exposure poses and the difficulty detecting lead poisoning emphasizes the importance of identifying hidden sources of lead and better educating people to the subject. For more information on lead poisoning cases, please contact us to confer with an attorney.
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