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Physical And Health Hazards Of Lead

Posted in Uncategorized | August 27th, 2011

With all the talk about lead…..?

I had my sons’ annual physical on Monday and his lead level is great. (<2.4) I understand that any level <10 mcg/dL is what we aim for...my question is; Is lead found in the the bloodstream naturally at all? Like Iron is; what I'm getting at is...we have iron in our blood, but too much will pose as a health risk. So, is lead found naturally and just too much is a hazard or it shouldn't be there at all? I am guesstimating that it shouldn't be there at all...but I want to know for sure. And if in fact its not supposed to be in our system naturally....then my son had been in contact with some form of lead in some way (some small way....but in contact with it none the less). I'm not concerned with his level at all because its so very low, but I would like to keep an eye on what has given him a raise in levels (other than 0)...this world today! So many things to worry about now...its pathetic!

Lead doesn’t occur naturally in your body.

Lead is found in solder that used to solder copper plumbing, and to solder together every electronic gizmo in your home.

It would be almost impossible not to have exposure to lead in our modern world.