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LEAD ON DRINKING WATER

The most common way of lead mixing with drinking water is lead pipes and fixtures attached to water plumbing activity. The water plumbing activities which contains lead corrodes and mix with drinking water. Corrosion is a phenomenon where wearing of metals occur due to chemical reaction. Some of the possible events by which lead enter the drinking water are:

How long the water stays in the pipe
The amount of water in the pipe
The amount of lead that it comes into contact
The acidic or alkaline nature of the water and the mineral content of the water.

Effect of lead on health:

Infants , children are vulnerable to effects of lead
It affects the central and peripheral nervous system resulting in shorter stature, impaired hearing and impaired formation and function of blood cells
Immediate medical attention is required when the lead in Childs’s blood is 5 micrograms per deciliter or more.

LEAD ON TOYS:

Lead is invisible to naked eye and it has no smell children’s are exposed to lead by toys that are pigmented with lead. Most of the time infants and toddlers are habituated to take those toys in their mouth and they are exposed to lead in this way. Children’s and infants are more vulnerable to lead because their growing body absorb more lead than adults.

Measures

Kits are available for measurement of lead level in toys.
A certified laboratory test can only determine the level of lead.

Rahul Sunny answered 9 months ago

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