The Health Effects of Lead on the Human Body
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Lead is a toxic substance that attacks many different body organs and systems. Unlike other metals such as zinc or iron, lead has no beneficial effects on the body. Lead is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant, largely due to the wide variety of past and present commercial uses. It is one of the best-studied toxic substances. Lead poisoning is considered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be the foremost environmental childhood disease today (National Academy of Sciences 1993; CDC 1991a; ATSDR 1988a).
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