With the increasing pollution concerns across the world, the fear of various health hazards is also rising. It is, apparently, a wiser decision by parents to keep their children indoors, as it is perhaps the best way to keep them away form the effects of toxic pollutions.
But, are you sure of your child’s health safety indoors? If you feel, you are, here is an important information for you - ‘most exposure to toxic pollution’ comes from homes!
No, it is not recalled toys as you might be zeroing into with your guesses, but lead from the paint chips and dust in deteriorating buildings.
This source of pollution is found to affect hundreds of thousands of U.S. youngsters across the world, irrespective of how successful the ‘pollution regulations’ are outside in the cities.
Lead poisoning can lead to learning disabilities as well as behavioral problems, which are irreversible! And a very high level of such poisoning may also lead to seizures, coma, and even death. To add to the devastation, lead poisoning often occurs with no obvious symptoms and thus, eventually goes unrecognized.
True, that there is no medicinal treatment for lower levels of lead poisoning in blood, but, if recognized on time, nutritional and educational measures can be of great help. After all, there are no safe levels of childhood exposure to lead.
And, if are one of those worried parents, take your child for a regular testing and don’t rely on that home testing kits — they may provide erroneous results.
