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Toxicology Toxicology Lead is one type of metal we have discussed in chemistry and it causes toxic effects to the body. Lead is one of the elements in nature that can be found in combination with other elements to form different minerals. The mineral, also known as galena is most often mined in this country to produce lead metal that is most recognized (Baumgardner, 1998). Lead is known to be a health hazard for all humans. And it cannot be seen or smelled neither can it be tasted. Human beings are surrounded by lead within the environment, but this does not implicate that poisoning is mandatory.

The purpose of this review is to address on Lead Contamination: how one gets predisposed in terms of Practices, ways to provide information, so as to create awareness, and activities to teachers and students pertaining to the seriousness of the problem of lead toxins in the environment. Further studies term lead poisoning as Devon colic or plumbi sum and refer to it a metal poisoning, that predispose one to a medical condition not only in humans but also other vertebrates, when its levels increase in the body.

Lead is taken to be one of the metals that interfere with a number of normal bodies functioning in many tissues and organs. Some of the organs affected are the heart, the reproductive systems, bones, kidneys and intestines not forgetting the nervous system. Also if lead gets used by children for those playing in lead paint areas, it tends to increase the toxic levels and predispose them to permanent learning disability and behavioral diseases (Balls, Combes & Bhogal, 2012).There are so many sources of lead in our environment.

An individual can get lead poisoning from a variety of sources. Major sources of lead exposure include lead in paint, gasoline, water distribution systems, food, and lead used in hobby activities and people get exposed to high lead contents from the air, especially for those living or working near factories, fisher men in water, those who are always working in soil especially minors, are known to interact with both soil and the metal they are looking for from underground, food or consumer products (Hay, 2008).

Usually, one presents with abdominal pain when the levels are saturated in the intestines, confusion if excess of lead is inhaled it tends to spread to the nervous system very fast and also cause headache, if it spreads to the blood, its levels tend to block the hemoglobin parts that are supposed to carry oxygen and decrease their number to cause anemia, with reduced oxygen content in blood, one is predisposed to seizures, coma and finally death. For those who get a chance to visit the hospital, the level of lead rising in the body, gets detected after the facility notes a change in the visible blood cells, under microscopic view, or a rise of lead level in blood, if there is a dense line in bones seen under x-ray for children.

Lead as I have come to learn, is one of the vital metals in the human life, and from the daily surrounding, it is all over in the environment, from painting, to the daily occupation of mining, those practicing fishing and this calls for the need of, environmental justice which is taken as a condition where, everybody must have a right to clean water and clean air, and nobody has a right to degrade and destroy the environment. ReferencesBalls, M., Combes, R. D., & Bhogal, N. (2012). New technologies for toxicity testing.

New York, N.Y: Springer Science+Business Media Baumgardner, R. W. (1998). Tailhook, eagles in flight. Paducah, Ky: Turner Pub. Co. Hay, L. L. (2008). You can heal your life. Sydney, N.S.W.: ReadHowYouWant.