M9.4 Blog: Heavy Metals

Lead poisoning article: 

Lead poisoning goes back to the old times where artists would paint with lead based paint & would use their mouths to wet the tips of their brushes - unknowingly, ingesting a large amount of lead.
This article gave brief information such as this in the beginning, giving background information about the history lead has bestowed upon the general population.

The history of lead poisoning for children was well recognized in the late 1800's when numerous reports of lead reported in children lead to dangerous health risks. I liked reading about the history of lead and how advancement wise, we have taken action to work against incorporating this material in our items, however it is not completely gone.
I especially liked the section where it talks about how lead affects your body - it breaks down in your metabolic system, breaking down the metabolism of your cells.

Lead can also lead to your social behavior, which makes me think back to a lot of the cases where children were delayed mentally, could it have been due to over lead exposure as young children? or those were heavily exposed to lead and gave birth.

Nigeria lead poisoning :

I think it is sad that due to the country's agricultural growth it exposed children to lead poisoning and throughout the rest of the village. This is an example of how countries that have high extraction sites of dangerous metals and chemicals need to be properly educated on how the dangers of being around these metals and how it can affect their bodies and their environment.