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What is lead poisoning?
Although naturally occurring in the environment, the presence of lead is mainly the result of industrialization. Lead has no physiologic value to the human body and lead poisoning occurs when unsafe levels of lead are detected in the blood.
Since 1970, information concerning the detrimental effects of childhood lead poisoning has changed substantially. This change is evidenced by the continued reduction of the level of concern for lead in the blood by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In 1970, the level of concern was set at 40 mcg/dl (40 micrograms per deciliter of blood); in 1975 it was lowered to 30 mcg/dl, and then to 25 mcg/dl in 1985. Finally, the level of concern was set at 10 mcg/dl in 1991.
The CDC asserts that based on scientific evidence, lead has been shown to have harmful effects at levels as low as 10 mcg/dl, but no threshold has actually been identified at which lead exerts an adverse effect.
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