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Le,,Id Gets fira the Body in Many Ways <br />People can get lead in their body if they: <br />Breathe in lead dust (especially during <br />I* <br />le a <br />renovations that disturb painted <br />surfaces). <br />a <br />-Itt> Put their hands or other objects <br />AIX" 'D T <br />covered with lead dust in their mouths. <br />4o Eat paint chips or soil that contains <br />tal health <br />lead. <br />dh,e 13" <br />Lead is even more dangerous to children <br />under the age of 6: <br />4 At this age children's brains and nervous <br />systems are more sensitive to the dam- <br />aging effects of lead. <br />Children's growing bodies absorb more <br />Mho appear <br />lead. <br />htlalthv C&I-1 <br />` Babies and young children often put <br />their hands and other objects in their <br />levels o" <br />mouths. These objects can have lead <br />ea <br />dust on them. <br />uOt.,!) S, <br />Lead is also dangerous to women of <br />childbearing age: <br />Iv 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 />