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Lake Oconee News
Friday, December 29,2017
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GEORGIA’S LAKE COUNTRY
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We’ve all been told,
or at least realize
by now, that lead
is hazardous to our
health.
The evidence is
clear on this. And it’s
especially harmful to
infants and children.
Even very low levels
of lead exposure
during the first five
years of life have been
linked to neurological
and nervous system
damage, lower IQs,
seizures, behavioral
problems, ADHD and
damage to developing
internal organs such
as the kidney.
These problems
or issues are often
related to future
learning, behavior
and health problems
that last lifetimes
(higher risk of
dropping out of
school, higher levels
of delinquency,
lower paying jobs,
medications, etc.) and
impact not only the
health and well-being
of the individuals
directly affected, but
the broader society as
a whole.
This is why, over the
past 40 years, laws
and regulations have
been implemented
aimed at limiting
lead exposure. Paint
and gasoline, for
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contain lead, and
there are much more
stringent standards
regarding the amount
of lead allowable in
consumer products,
plumbing products
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The good news is
that these efforts
have paid off. The
percentage of
children 5 years old
or younger with
excessive blood lead
levels (currently
defined as greater
than five micrograms
of lead per deciliter of
blood) has gone from
nearly 90 percent
in the 1970s to less
than 10 percent
today, according to
the Environmental
Protection Agency.
Clearly, we can
reduce or eliminate
lead problems once
we recognize it is an
issue.
The bad news is
that about 10 percent
of all children in the
U.S. may still have
excessive blood lead
levels.
But what about
your kids? Are
they part of that 10
percent?
To find out, you can
begin by asking your
kids the following
seven simple
questions developed
by the Georgia
Department of Public
Health’s Healthy
Hom es and Lead
Poisoning Prevention
Program:
1. Does your child
live in or often visit a
house that may have
been built before
1978?
2. Does your child
live in or often
visit a house built
before 1978 that is
being remodeled
or is having paint
removed?
3. Does your child
live with or often
visit another child
that had or has an
elevated blood lead
level?
4. Does your child
live with anyone that
works at a job where
lead may be found or
has a hobby that uses
lead?
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5. Does your child
chew on or eat non
food items like paint
chips or dirt?
6. Does your child
live near an active
lead smelter, battery
recycling plant or
other industry likely
to release lead?
7. Does your child
receive medicines
such as greta,
azarcon, kohl or pay-
loo-ah?
If you have one
or more “yes” or “I
don’t know” answers
out of these seven
questions, the
health department
recommends that
Adam Kiefer, Ph.D.
Distinguished
University Professor
of Chemistry
Mercer University
College of Liberal Arts
your child gets his
or her blood tested
immediately.
Medicaid and
most private health
insurance cover these
tests, so contact your
doctor or local health
department right
away.
Again, we can do
something about
limiting the impact
lead can have on our
health and the health
of our children,
who are the most
vulnerable.
And it’s easy.
But it all starts with
talking and asking a
few questions.
Brad Lian, Ph.D.
Associa te Professor of
Commu nity Medicine
Mercer University
School of Medicine
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