Lead Poisoning in Children under Age 5

The purpose of this essay, therefore, is to highlight the reality of the enormity of Lead poisoning challenge to the lives of young children below five years and its impact as a whole to society at large. Lead poisoning is a form of contamination of the body by the metal lead, (A Laghariet al. The manifestation of this kind of metal poisoning mostly affects the brain part of the body. Statistically, lead poisoning accounts for close to ten percent of the neurological challenges experienced I the world today. Detection or linkage of the brain challenges to the effects of lead poisoning is however close to nil thus speculations are made for the unaccounted mental health issues by determining the level of contamination that a person has.

state. mn. us. 2018) are also a major contributor to lead poisoning. In some rare cases, children play toys have been found to contain contaminable amounts of lead residue. us, 2018) The graph above displays data from the Minnesota Department of health on lead poisoning in children. The sample shows a decrease in the blood lead levels across the period under review. (A Laghariet al. , 2016) Table from the Pakistan medical association. The correlation between anemia and lead levels is increasingly hypochromia. Therefore, the toxicology of the product takes place through consumption or contact, (Klassenet al. However, all is not lost matter of fact; there are significant strides towards curbing the challenge. There is need therefore for world leaders, organizations of manufacturers and other business stakeholders, parents and medical practitioners to come together, formulate ideas, discuss alternatives and implement strategies towards the reduction of lead additives to materials, safe levels of exposure and eradication of careless disposal of hazardous waste.