Why do children have excessive lead levels?

For parents, children are the most important in their lives. Many parents take care of their children so meticulously that they can hardly control the situation. But many times we still find that there are problems with their children, such as excessive lead levels. Many parents wonder how the lead levels in their children would exceed the standard when they take such careful care. If you don’t know the reason, you may wish to learn more about it through the following article.

Parents cannot detect excessive lead poisoning at first, and it can only be detected through blood tests. However, when the lead accumulates to a certain amount, the child will show some obvious symptoms, such as loss of appetite, headache, stomachache, hyperactivity, constipation, bad temper, etc. When the amount exceeds the standard seriously, the child may even have convulsions, coma and other symptoms.

Excessive lead exposure not only affects children's daily life and physical growth and development, but also causes serious damage to their brains. Not only will it distract the child and reduce his memory, it will also cause irreparable damage to his language, learning, and physical activities, affecting his IQ. What’s even more frightening is that this damage is irreversible and reversible. Even if the lead content is corrected later, these bad effects will not disappear.

Therefore, parents must be careful about this "invisible poison"! Lead is omnipresent in our lives and harms children all the time.

1. When children are exploring the world, they will bite and nibble on anything they catch, which lays the foundation for lead intake.

2. Some indoor decorations with high lead content, smoking, gas and coal products in the home increase lead intake.

3. The lead content in foods such as popcorn and potato chips is also very high, but children love to eat them and parents are very indulgent.

4. Water flowing from lead pipes, alloy jewelry, toys, etc.

5. Turbid air, car exhaust, polluted environment, family members working with lead, etc.

It enters the child's body little by little, slowly accumulates, and eventually endangers the child's life and health. The damage caused by excessive lead poisoning is irreversible, so the best way is for parents to do a good job of preventive care to keep their children away from the threat!

1. Eat safely. Do not drink water from long-stagnant pipes, and do not feed children foods with high lead content such as popcorn and preserved eggs.

2. Hygiene should be good. Wash your hands frequently, trim your nails frequently, change your clothes frequently, and tidy up and clean your children’s toys frequently to reduce the ways and means by which lead may harm your children.

3. The indoor environment should be healthy. It is best to choose lead-free materials when decorating to keep the indoor environment clean and healthy. Family members who work with lead must clean themselves well after returning home so as not to give lead any opportunity to harm their children.

4. Children's products must be safe.

Parents should be careful and conscientious when selecting children's toys, clothes, tableware and everything else, and ensure that the products are safe and healthy. They should not be greedy for cheapness and should eliminate those brightly colored, shoddy and counterfeit goods.

5. When the air outside is seriously polluted, it is best not to take your children out. The harmful substances contained in the turbid air outside are always waiting to threaten your children's health.