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Lead is a heavy (Atomic Number : 82), soft, malleable metal. Due to its physical and chemical properties, for over 6,000 years humankind has found numerous, indeed countless, uses for lead (Pb) in our daily lives. While certain uses of lead are banned, lead is still found in a myriad of products in just about all countries. It is important to remember that lead (Pb) does not dissolve in water, nor dissipate, nor decay, nor burn. This stuff just lasts, and lasts, and lasts. It is guesstimated that more than 10 million metric tons of lead residue exist in the earth's environment today. Important sources of lead in the environment in Baltimore today include:
* The air we breathe everyday.
* Our drinking water, primarily from the lead in pipes and other plumbing.
* Lead paint, and resulting lead dust, found in and around homes built before 1978, the year lead was banned by the Federal government for residential and other consumer uses. It was banned for all housing in Baltimore in 1966; and earlier in 1951 for some housing in the Baltimore city. Lead dust from deteriorated lead-based paint is one of the most significant contributors to childhood lead poisoning [ in children under age 6].
* Lead in occupational settings (frequently brought home on clothes or skin).
* Lead from job sites, industrial emissions such as lead smelters, lead mining, hazardous waste sites, and battery recycling plants.
* Lead from (usually foreign-built) toys, furniture, food, candies, tableware such as leaded-crystal glassware and lead-glazed pottery and ceramics.
* Lead from hobbies and other activities that use lead (e.g., car radiator repair, target shooting, stained-glass making, glass or metal soldering).
* Certain home remedies and folk remedies.
*Lead in cosmetics, jewelry, etc.
* And many other products and sources.
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