His firm is seeking class action certification to expand its lawsuit to represent up to 30,000 lead-poisoned children in Ohio. Although the issue has not been in the public eye in recent years, lead poisoning remains a serious health problem. In the United States, about 890,000 children between 1 and 5 years of age have lead in their blood at levels high enough to cause irreversible damage. Most of the kids I have seen were poisoned by lead-based paint. Other sources of contamination are soil, drinking water and occupational exposure.
Lead poisoning is often asymptomatic and can be confirmed only by a blood test.
Lead can damage the central nervous system, kidneys and reproductive organs and, in rare cases, can cause coma, convulsions and death. Even low levels of lead are associated with decreased intelligence, decreased stature and growth, damaged hearing and impaired neurobehavioral development. It's not just an illness of poverty, however. They were completely unaware of the dangers and were not taking precautions. He used it for home improvement projects.