Are you safe in here????

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Are you safe in here????
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no you are not !!!
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What is lead poisoning?

• Lead poisoning occurs when a person swallows lead
  or breathes in its fumes.
• Leads results can damage the brain, nerves, and
  many other parts of the body.

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Lead Poisoning in Miami-Dade
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Problem Why living in a 1926 house near I 95,
having a father working for the police
department, and an artist mother could cause lead
poisoning in children?
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Hypothesis Living in a 1926 house near the
I-95, having a father working for the police
department and an artist mother could cause lead
poisoning in children because the family is in
touch with a lead enviroment.
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Background Information

•         Lead poisoning in the children can lead
  to learning disability, behavior problems, and
  metal retardation.
•         One out of six American children has a
  high level of lead in his or her blood.
•         Lead poisoning is especially harmful to
  fetuses and young children because it damage body
  systems that are still developing.

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Data
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Symptoms

• Learning disabilities
• Hyperactivity
• Mental retardation
• Slowed growth
• Hearing loss
• Headaches

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Preventions

• Keep are clean and dust free.
• Was toys
• Twice a week mop floors
• Wash hand before meals and bed time
• Change clothes before going home if you work in a
  lead environment.
• Do not store food in open cans

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Conclusion

• What to do
• Avoid further contact with lead
• Chelation therapy
• Edetate
• Demercaprol
• Succimer

• Lead I found
• Lead based paints
• Gasoline fumes
• Water pipes
• Pottery
• Imported food cans