How Urban Environment Exposes You to Lead Poisoning
Contrary to conventional belief that urbanisation presents better prospects in life, the opposite could be the case when it comes to health matters.
1). Urban dwellers stand a higher chance of being exposed to deadly emissions like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide
2). Concentrating motor vehicles and factories in towns while clearing forests to pave way for sky-scraping concrete, metal and glass skyscraper buildings poses health risks
3). Health specialists contend that pollution from car exhaust fumes can cause a wide range of illnesses ranging from asthma to lead poisoning
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4). Expectant and breast-feeding mothers who are exposed to motor vehicle exhaust fumes may pass lead to their foetuses and babies
5). Women who work with lead in factories are said to suffer higher rates of sterility, miscarriage, premature birth and birth defects
6). Scientists say that lead causes men’s sperms to be malformed and that this may lead to their being sterile or to their fathering deformed babies
7). Lead may be linked to high blood pressure, strokes and heart attack as well as kidney disease
8). As lead ages, cracks and peels off walls of buildings it becomes a hazard as it may be blown in the air as dust and get into peoples’ bloodstreams
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9). When plastic shopping bags are reused and the leaded ink starts peeling off, lead may get into the food
10). Food cans have seams joined by lead solder while water fountains have tanks with seams of lead-based solder that could contaminated the food and water contained therein and go on to harm consumers.
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