Lead Poisoning
One of the foremost environmental health threats to children in the US. Based on EPA studies, almost half a million children have been tested to have significant amounts of lead in their blood.
lead poisoning - damaging the body (specifically the brain) by absorbing lead through the skin or by swallowing.
least-cost planning - a process for satisfying consumers' demands for energy services at the lowest societal cost.
lead colic (painters’ colic)
Chronic intestinal pains and constipation caused by lead poisoning.
lesion
Area of pathologically altered tissue.
Injury or wound.
Infected patch of skin.
18 A significant source of direct and indirect lead exposure for First Nations communities still exists in the form of lead shot used in hunting, particularly of birds and waterfowl.19 Lead poisoning from gasoline sniffing is a problem in ...
 See also: Air, Wildlife, Pollution, Waste, Poison
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