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each Gets in the Body in Many Ways <br />0 <br />Women with a high lead level in their <br />system prior to pregnancy would expose <br />a fetus to lead through the placenta <br />during fetal development. <br />People can get lead in their body If they: <br />Childhood <br />I V, ad <br />Breathe in lead dust (especially during <br />renovations that disturb painted <br />poisoning <br />surfaces). <br />Put their hands or other objects <br />major <br />covered with lead dust in their mouths. <br />e-11viron melt- <br />+ Eat paint chips or soil that contains <br />Val health, <br />lead. <br />J�-Jrohlem <br />A. h e U � S. <br />Lead is even more dangerous to children <br />under the age of 6: <br />At this age children's brains and nervous <br />systems are more sensitive to the dam- <br />aging effects of lead. <br />tk-eln children <br />* Children's growing bodies absorb more <br />WhO appear <br />lead. <br />h*­A,JVhy <br />.. <br />+ Babies and young children often put <br />iia %, E, dCan <br />anger- <br />their hands and other objects in their <br />ous Itisof <br />mouths. These objects can have lead <br />If -ad in their <br />dust on them. <br />Lead is also dangerous to women of <br />childbearing age: <br />0 <br />Women with a high lead level in their <br />system prior to pregnancy would expose <br />a fetus to lead through the placenta <br />during fetal development. <br />