Even though I have heard about lead poisoning multiple times throughout my lifetime, it is really sad to read about. I am happy this is something that is not too big of a concern nowadays. In the study it talks about children being mostly impacted. It seems that this is a trend with everything we have been learning about. As the children were seen about 12 years later, they had learning disabilities. It is interesting to read that it could impact motor function. I am happy to hear that this is something I really do not have to worry about in my children.
With the second article I was happy to see that when the children in Nigeria were treated, their blood levels for lead declined after treatment. I think that a lot of these third world countries need the help to improve their living style in order to avoid situations such as this. The best way is to educate everyone on the dangers and also how to avoid these dangers.
Education is so important! Without it, children and adults would continue to be poisoned by lead. However, I feel like in other cases in the world there is still a lot of lead poisoning going on in this day and age. I agree with you that there needs to be more support on a global scale in terms of educating countries who are less privileged than ours on protecting themselves from lead poisoning.
ReplyDeleteGreat points on the importance of education. What I found so interesting about this module was the history of lead poisoning and how our understanding has evolved over time. We've learned before that a child's central nervous system is more sensitive to lead than adults because it is rapidly developing. But I did not know that their gut absorbs lead more readily, and that the correlation between academic performance and blood lead levels was so profound!
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