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People can get lead in their body if they: <br />Breathe in lead dust (especially during <br />renovations that disturb painted <br />surfaces). <br />Put their hands or other objects <br />covered with lead dust in their mouths. <br />i'14 <br />Eat paint chips or soil that contains <br />i�,t lit <br />lead. <br />Lead is even more dangerous to children <br />under the age of 6: <br />It <br />nii:, At this age children's brains and nervous <br />systems are more sensitive to the dam- <br />aging effects of lead. <br />i"I" Children's growing bodies absorb more <br />lead. <br />Babies and young children often put <br />their hands and other objects in their <br />I <br />mouths. These objects can have lead <br />Jii%,, theili" <br />dust on them. <br />Lead is also dangerous to women of <br />childbearing age: <br />13 <br />Women with a high lead level in their <br />system prior to pregnancy would expose <br />,I fi-hir, fn 4--Arl 1-hrr-mcTh +ka <br />manta <br />