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Keeping You and Your Family Safe from Lead: No Amount of Lead Is Safe, Even for Adults



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  • Corporate Authors:
    Wisconsin. Department of Health Services
  • Description:
    What is lead and how can it make me sick? Lead is a harmful metal that can poison people. You can get sick if you swallow, touch, or breathe lead dust or fumes. Lead can build up in the body over time and can harm your health before causing any symptoms. Lead can cause permanent harm at any age, including brain and nerve damage, kidney damage, reproductive problems, and other health issues. What can cause lead poisoning? Shooting bullets that contain lead. Melting metal that has lead in it (casting bullets or fishing lures). Working with stained glass or pottery. Renovating or remodeling older homes. Painting or stripping cars, boats, or bicycles. Eating from leaded cookware. Drinking liquids that have lead in them. Living in or having lived in a place with high lead levels in the air or soil. What jobs may have lead risk? If you work at these jobs or live with someone who does, you may be at risk. Artists, Auto repairers, Construction workers, Firing range instructors, and gunsmiths. Steel welders. Plumbers and pipe, fitters, Police officers, Manufacturers and, recyclers of metal, electronics, and batteries. Shipbuilders, Solid waste incinerator operators, Painters. Could you be taking lead home? The best way to keep lead dust out of your home is to keep it from leaving work. Shower and wash your hands before leaving work if you can. Change clothes and shoes before leaving work. Wash your work clothes separately from your family's clothes. Run the empty washing machine again to rinse out any lead. Don't bring work items home (like boots, lunchbox, or tools). If you do, store them in heavy plastic away from children. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Publisher:
    Wisconsin Department of Health Services
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Lay Publication
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-2
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20066601
  • Citation:
    Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Health Services, P-02409, 2019 May; :1-2
  • CAS Registry Number:
    Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2019
  • Performing Organization:
    Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Madison
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20150701
  • Source Full Name:
    Keeping you and your family safe from lead: no amount of lead is safe, even for adults
  • End Date:
    20260630
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