Health Provider Information Parents' guide to getting children tested for lead exposure Lead can be very harmful to young children.
Lead poisoning can cause learning and behavior problems and damage to the nervous system.
It may be hard to see any signs of lead poisoning. You may not notice that anything is wrong unless the amount of lead is very high. But lead poisoning at any level is serious, and you should take steps to protect your child. If your child has been tested for lead, you got the results as a blood lead level. This number is the amount of lead in your child's blood.