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research on Lead on drinking water and toys
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:
Effect of lead on health:
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.
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