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Testing for lead poisoning requires getting the potentially affected individual''s blood lead levels checked. Children are the most at risk for suffering serious lead poisoning effects that can become more harmful the longer exposure continues. Because lead poisoning is often without any visible symptoms, it is recommended that every child at six months of age receive testing for lead poisoning. By testing for lead poisoning, parents are able to determine blood lead levels that can have harmful effects on a child''s developing brain and nervous system.
Most common sources for lead poisoning are from living in housing built before lead was phased out of paint. Extremely high levels of lead were contained in house paint prior to 1978, when it was banned. Testing for lead poisoning before the 1970s did not exist because the general public did not know the harmful effects. While the number of people affected by lead poisoning has been drastically curbed after the use of lead was banned from house paint, phased out of gasoline, taken out of the solder in canned goods, as well as other measures, the number of children under the age of five in the U.S. that have level of lead in their blood considered dangerous is still just under a million.
Especially if families are living in homes built prior to 1946, testing for lead poisoning should be completed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have found more than one-fifth of African-American children living in housing built before 1946 have elevated blood lead levels, reflecting the deteriorated paint in older housing and dust and soil contaminated with lead from old paint and past emissions of leaded gasoline continue to threaten the health of children everywhere. If testing for lead poisoning in children, the CDC believes lead measured in blood over 10 micrograms per deciliter is a cause for concern even though some studies have suggested neurological effects can be suffered at levels below.
Homes that contain paint with lead that undergoes renovation must follow safety guidelines to reduce the amount of lead that can get into the dust. The Consumer Product Safety Commission warns there is no completely safe method for removing lead paint, but consumers should not try doing it by themselves and risk making the lead exposure far worse off. The importance of testing for lead poisoning in children is especially essential if residing or spending a lot of time in an environment that may have higher lead exposure risks because children have a tendency to put their hands in their mouths, thus potentially ingesting dangerous amounts of lead if present.
To get testing for lead poisoning, a private physician or local health department will be able to help identify if unsafe levels of lead in the blood are present. Since any visible signs of lead poisoning are often attributed to some other common affliction, testing for lead poisoning is not something that should be overlooked. The only way to be sure of lead poisoning is to have testing for lead poisoning performed. In addition to testing for lead poisoning by looking at blood lead levels, which are common for children, lead in teeth and bones can be measured with X-rays, though this type of testing for lead poisoning is not as readily available.
It is important to catch lead poisoning early to avoid irreversible damage, and testing for lead poisoning should be more readily administered, especially among children by better educating parents and doctors of sources of lead, effects of lead and signs of lead poisoning. For more information on lead poisoning, please contact us to confer with an attorney.
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