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DHS Encourages All Wisconsinites to Take Steps to Prevent Childhood Lead Exposure
… lead poisoning remains a serious public health crisis. Primarily caused by swallowing or breathing in dust from deteriorating lead-based paint, lead poisoning can cause learning and … your home for lead hazards: The most common cause of lead exposure is from swallowing or breathing in dust from deteriorating lead-based paint. To check your house for lead-based paint … -
Lead and Your Health: No Amount of Lead is Safe, Even for Adults
… in common items like paint and fishing sinkers. • Lead poisoning is caused by swallowing or breathing lead dust and fumes. • Lead fumes and dust don’t have a smell. • Lead builds up in the body over time. Swallowing or breathing small amounts repeatedly can be harmful. A one-time large amount can also be harmful. … -
Environmental Public Health Tracking: Glossary of Terms
… the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. Asthma - A disease that affects a person’s breathing and may restrict the ability to get oxygen to the lungs. For people with asthma, the … portal, users can view some data topics by ethnicity. Exposure - Contact with a substance by breathing it, eating or drinking it, or having it absorb through the skin. Acute exposures last a … -
Lead-Safe Wisconsin
… damaging for kids under 6. Lead poisoning among children is typically caused by swallowing or breathing in dust from lead-based paint in homes that were built before 1978. We can prevent lead … -
Parent Group Orientation on Lead Poisoning - Folder Contents
… is on surfaces that children chew or that get a lot of wear and tear. � Eating paint chips or breathing in lead dust are common ways of becoming lead poisoned. Lead dust forms when lead paint … -
Lead-Safe Wisconsin: Protecting Adults from Lead Exposure
… in things like fishing sinkers and commercial paint. Lead poisoning occurs by swallowing or breathing in lead dust and fumes, which can build up in the body over time. Exposure to a small … -
Environmental Public Health Tracking: Lead Poisoning Data
… construction, mining, and manufacturing, where workers are at risk of being exposed to lead by breathing it in, ingesting it, or coming in contact with it. People may also come into contact …