### condition | poisoning:

Lead poisoning
* Most lead poisoning occurs when people swallow lead paint chips or breathe in lead dust.
* affects almost all organ systems in the body
  - both children and workers
  - people's minds and bodies
  - small children more than adults because of their low body mass
* affects the brain, nervous system, blood and digestive system
  - central nervous system and the bloodstream
  - child's developing brain
  - young children of all economic backgrounds
* afflicts many children who eat paint chips with a high lead content.
* arises from many products besides paint.
* becomes a significant health issue only after prolonged periods of exposure
  - poisonous when the paint cracks, chips or peels
* can affect a child's brain, kidneys, bone marrow, and other body systems
  - adults but usually at much higher levels than children
  - any cattle operation
  - brain activity and motor skills, especially in young children
  - the brain and the nervous system
  - also affect pets
* can be a serious health problem
  - either acute or chronic
  - hard to detect since there are usually no symptoms
* can cause anemia
  - brain damage and can result in impaired mental functions
* can cause brain damage, hearing loss, or developmental disabilities
  - particularly in children
  - damage to the kidneys, nervous system, and brain
  - decreased intelligence and impaired behavioral development
  - devastating damage to a child's brain, kidneys, and central nervous system
  - growth, behavior and learning problems in children
  - health and serious learning problems in children
  - intelligence deficiencies and learning disabilities
  - irreversible brain damage and can impair mental functioning
  - learning and behavior problems and damage to the nervous system
* can cause learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, and hyperactivity
  - impaired hearing, and mental retardation
  - problems, brain damage and hyperactivity in our children
  - learning, behavior, and health problems in young children
  - mental retardation adn birth defects
* can cause permanent brain damage
  - damage to a child's brain, kidneys, and nervous system
* can cause permanent damage to the brain and many other organs
  - brain or other organs
* can cause serious childhood health problems and learning disabilities
  - health problems for children
  - severe health problems, especially in young and unborn children
  - damage the kidneys, bone marrow and nervous system
  - harm the central nervous system, the kidney and blood cells
* can have reproductive and neurological effects on workers
  - serious consequences in children
* can impair children's health, learning and behavior
  - intelligence and cause behavioral problems
  - interfere with critical stages in a young child's development
  - last a lifetime
* can lead to behavior changes and damage internal organs, especially the kidneys
  - mental impairment, especially when it occurs in young children
  - permanent brain damage, particularly among young children
  - mimic iron deficiency
* can occur even in unborn children
  - from ingestion and inhalation of lead-based paint particles
  - in every region, race, and socio-economic level
  - when people are exposed to large or small amounts of lead over time
  - reduce children's intelligence
  - ruin a perfectly good body
* can slow a child's development and cause learning and behavioral problems
  - cause learning disabilities and behavior problems
  - stunt growth and cause learning problem s for children
  - take important abilities from a child
* caused by eating paint chips is now rare
  - ingesting shot is another hazard to the bald eagle
* causes brain damage
  - muscular weakness, abdominal pain and memory loss in adults
  - nerve and brain damage in young children and other ailments in adults
  - problems with the health and development of infants and young children
  - serious health problems, but it can be prevented
  - weakness, anemia, constipation and paralysis
  - wrist drop - motor neuropathy
* chronic intoxication that is caused when lead is absorbed into the body.
* completely preventable disease.
* condition caused by swallowing or inhaling lead
  - that can cause health, learning, and behavior problems in children
* continues to be a problem even today
  - one of the world's most debilitating diseases
  - present a major public health concern
* continues to rank as the number one environmental health threat to children
  - one environmental threat to children
* disease caused by swallowing lead
  - too much lead in the body
  - that occurs when too much lead builds up in the body
* happens when there is too much lead in the body.
* harms children and results in increased costs to society.
* has irreversible effects on the mental development of children.
* is also a concrete health status marker of the affordable housing crisis.
* is an accumulative effect caused by taking more lead into the body than it can expel
  - illness
  - and has been a serious problem for children and some adults
  - associated with a variety of serious illnesses
* is associated with kidney failure and liver disease
  - liver problems
  - at least a partially reversible neurotoxin to the brain
  - called acute if the exposure happens quickly
* is caused by ingesting paint chips or dust
  - primarily by deteriorating lead-based paint, which produces chips and dust
  - dangerous to children
  - entirely preventable
  - epidemic in poor neighborhoods
* is especially dangerous for children
  - in children ages six months to six years old
  - hazardous to the health of people
  - known to be particularly harmful to the mental development of children
* is most common among children
  - and most damaging in very young children
  - normally treatable, though some of the effects can be permanent
  - often asymptomatic and can be confirmed only by a blood test
  - on the decline
  - one acute threat to bald eagles
* is one of the biggest environmental health hazards to children in the U.S. today
  - greatest threats to trumpeter swans in Minnesota
* is one of the leading environmental health threats to children today
  - more common poisonings in birds
* is one of the most common and preventable pediatric health problems today
  - environmental health problems for children today
  - preventable diseases in the U.S. and Canada
  - preventable pediatric health problems in New Jersey
  - serious environmental health threats facing children today
  - possible with prolonged use
  - preventable if lead-safe policies and procedures are followed
  - relevant especially during infancy because it also affects cognitive functions
* is still a big problem in the United States
  - the number one environmental hazard to children
  - the greatest environmental danger facing American children
* is the leading environmentally induced illness in children
  - preventable disease of U.S. children
* is the most common environmental disease affecting children
  - health problem affecting young children
  - form of poisoning in the avian species
  - nation's number one environmental health threat to children
* is the number one environmental health concern for U.S. children
  - threat to our children
  - totally preventable
  - uncommon
  - usually a silent disease
* is very common during remodeling
  - widespread among children
* lot different from food poisoning or sun poisoning.
* major environmental disease threatening our children.
* makes people stupid and lazy.
* nationwide, environmental health hazard.
* occurs mainly in poorly maintained housing
  - only when too much lead accumulates in the body
  - over time and is another serious hazard
* occurs when an individual breathes or ingests the lead
  - diurnal birds of prey eat carcasses or live prey shot with lead bullets
  - lead is inhaled or ingested
  - particulate lead, or airborne lead dust, is ingested
  - people eat or breathe unsafe amounts of lead
  - the amount of lead in a person's bloodstream is too high
* plays havoc with reproductive organs, etc.
* poses a challenge to the health system as well as to housing.
* presents a significant health risk to the public, particularly children.
* preventable disease seen in both children and adults
* remains a major worldwide threat to environmental health and sustainable development
  - plague threatening young families living in older housing
* remains a serious problem in children, who are more susceptible to it
  - threat to the health and well-being of our nation's children
  - among the most serious environmental threats to children
* reportable disease
  - noncommunicable disease
* serious and very common type of heavy metal poisoning in children in America
  - but preventable health problem
  - condition that can impair children's health, learning and behavior
* serious disease Especially for young children
  - caused by the ingestion of lead paint chips and dust
  - health issue in Maine
* serious health problem for young children
  - that affects thousands of children each year
  - illness caused by swallowing or breathing too much lead
  - medical problem
* serious problem for young children the younger the child, the greater the risk
  - throughout the entire state
* threat, especially to young children.
* type of metal poisoning caused by lead in the body.
* very large problem in the United States.
* wholly preventable disease.