Lead poisoning : are you pregnant?

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• Alternative Title:
  Are you pregnant?
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Lead poisoning is caused by breathing or swallowing lead. Lead can pass from a mother to her unborn baby.
  
  Too much lead in your body can:
  
  • Put you at risk of miscarriage
  
  • Cause your baby to be born too early or too small
  
  • Hurt your baby’s brain, kidneys, and nervous system
  
  • Cause your child to have learning or behavior problems
  
  Lead can be found in:
  
  • Paint and dust in older homes, especially dust from renovation or repairs
  
  • Candy, make up, glazed pots, and folk medicine made in other countries
  
  • Work like auto refinishing, construction, and plumbing
  
  • Soil and tap water
  
  Now is the time to keep your baby safe from lead poisoning. Here’s what you can do:
  
  1. Watch out for lead in your home
  
  2. Eat foods with calcium, iron and vitamin C.
  
  3. Talk to your doctor.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Child Environmental Exposure Infant Lead/blood Lead Poisoning
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:05154c520976c12c8a497146ba8ebab0ae704c3958a88d87ee9710598769eb41
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/27460/cdc_27460_DS1.pdf
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