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_Gets in the Body are Many Way <br />People can get lead in their body if they: <br />ieair <br />Breathe in lead dust (especially during <br />renovations that disturb painted <br />"xt�r surfaces). <br />a ° Put their hands or other objects <br />Fes. ^t� T y covered with lead dust in their mouths. <br />Eat paint chips or soil that contains <br />lead. <br />- -f 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 />Children's growing bodies absorb more <br />"'vho glfp#aAr lead. <br />h e " lit °� s a. s Babies and young children often put <br />I`' "e `' their hands and other objects in their <br />mouths. These objects can have lead <br />' dust on them. <br />Lead is also dangerous to women of <br />childbearing age: <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 />sif <br />