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Lead. e € the Bode in Many Ways <br /> <br />Childhood People can get lead in their body if they: <br /> <br />lead Breathe in lead dust (especially during <br />i <br />poisoning renovations that disturb painted <br /> surfaces). <br />remains a Put their hands or other objects <br />major covered with lead dust in their mouths. <br />el1VlConmen- <br />Eat paint chips or soil that contains <br />tal health lead. <br />problem in <br />the U.S. Lead is even more dangerous to children <br /> under the age of G: <br /> At this age children's brains and nervous <br /> systems are more sensitive to the dam- <br /> aging effects of lead. <br />Even children Children's growing bodies absorb more <br />who appear lead. <br />healthy can <br />have danger- Babies and young children often put <br />their hands and other objects in their <br />ous levels of mouths. These objects can have lead <br />lead in their dust on them. <br />bodies. <br /> <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 /> <br />2 <br />C <br />