Lead Poisoning

Once absorbed into our bodies, lead can have devastating effects on the brain and central nervous system. Learn more about lead poisoning on Discovery Channel's "HowStuffWorks" show.

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[jac2869]

There is no actual lead in pencils the body is metal,rubber and wood. And the pencils so called "lead" is not lead at all, it is graphite.

[TunaFish359]

Pencils are make out of graphite.

[version147]

Does it harm if i touch fishing weights made out of lead?

[toniquix]

I thought I was gonna see bullets flying or something -_-'

[fudgedogbannana]

Yes lead is harmful but there is a lot of fraud in the EPA's handling of the situation, the epa is requiring every tradesman to get a lead certificate at $300 ea. after a $250. 8 hour class, they are instructing painters to cover the ground with a thick plastic and disposing of that plastic in the trash, an average house paint job will require 10ft.X150ft of 4-6mil. plastic @ $150. for the plastic alone, a specialized vacuum cleaner that costs 10X more than a shop vac etc. EPA is in cahoots.

[jpjdo1212]

how bout for people who solder electronics because lately ive been soldering some patch cables for my guitar for the past 3 or so days and ive been getting mild headaches from it.. is this bad?

[scaloi]

And what it does? I never heard of somebody that died from it.

[SgtMustang375]

so i blew down the barrel of my airgun and like 4-5 specs tiny tiny tiny flew back at me should i be worried like 3 grains of lead is that bad?

[Darklordkime]

guys if you inhail just a little, yer not going to become a bumbiling moron. i had a .3 increase in lead in my blood when i was like 3... now i was eating lead chips of paint. ok. now when i went to the hospital, all i had to do was eat a shit load of veggies and just take some pills to get it out of my body

[RaptorDiablo]

Ok, im 13. i was sanding down my PS3 that was painted. it had ALOT of sprray paint on it, igot my hands really dirty, lots of parts of my room with the powder, and my grandma does not wanna take me to the doctor to get checked. should i be worried? and what can i do about it -PLEEAAZ HELp D:!

[Beerlejuice]

@TunaFish359 Well they used to be made out of lead, I think they changed sometime in the early 90's.

[TheCaptainLulz]

@jac2869 that depends. there has been cases of lead in the paint on some pencils from china.