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This video shows how lead is in your everyday life and how it can trick your body if you're not careful! I hope you enjoy!

LeAd CoMpLiCaTiOnS!!!!!

Lead is very dangerous, especially to children. Exposure to even a low level of lead can cause massive brian damage. This type of damage from lead is irreversible. Higher levels of lead can casue the kidneys and the nervouse system both in children and adults to fail.

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Lead is an element but most of the time, when lead is used in a product, it appears as a compound. For example, PbCO3 which is a compound found in paint. Lead is also used as pipes because of its corrosion revision and flexibility. These pipes are used for plumbing which as of recent, has become a major concern especially in old buildings. If someone is to turn on the faucet in their house, the water that they are about to drink in contaminated with lead and they have a high chance of getting lead poisoning.

PhYsiCaL pRopErTieS oF LeAd

Melting point- 327 °C

Boiling point- 1755 °C

Ductile

VERY Malleable

Has a shiny surface but slowly tarnishes over time

density- 11.34 grams per cubic centimeter at 20°C

conductive of electricity

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This is a cool video that tells you about how useful lead is in our world as well as its properties (physical AND chemical).

CheMiCaL pRopErTieS oF LeAd

Lead dissolves slowly in water and in most cold acids and reacts even more rapidly in hot acids.

Not flammable

Does not react with oxygen

LeAd CoMpLiCaTiOnS

There are many different complications from lead. Especially for children lead can cause massive brain damage that is irreversible. For both children and adults, lead can cause kidney failure and nervous system problems. With the lead being at a higher concentration it could cause seizures and possibly death.

WhY Is LeAd UsEd iN PAinT???

Lead paint is any paint that relies in compounds for its color. I paint, lead is not pure, but it becomes a compound. The formula for the compound is PbCO3 in white paint used for painting wood. the vivid yellow lead chromate is a compound that is used as a pigment. The formula for this is PbCrO4. Lead paint is not only used to paint houses but it is also used to paint many childrens' toys. As we know, children like to chew on things and once this paint comes into contact with the mouth the child is poisoned.

SYmpTomS

Lead poisoning is very dangerous and has severe symtoms such as:
Irritability
loss of appetite
weight loss
fatigue
stunted growth
pain in the extremities
learning difficulties
memory loss
abdominal pain
vomiting
constipation
high blood pressure
mood disorders
miscarriages or premature birth
AND MORE!!!!

HoW cAn I GeT LeAd pOiSonIng?????

Most commonly, cases of lead poisoning occur in children. The most common sources of lead poisoning in children, are paint and contaminated dust in old buildings.  Other common ways to get lead poisoning consist of batteries, home renovations or auto repair shops.  Lead is very common in gasoline, pipes, pottery, solder, and roofing materials.  Lead has also been found in some traditional medicines and cosmetics.

WhY iS LeAd sO ApPeAlInG To Us

We chose lead because it seemed so simple and we see it everyday. I also knew that we come into contact with it everyday,so why was it so dangerous? We use lead all the time at school in our pencils and in our paint. If this is so common then why is it still allowed in the U.S? These are some of the questions we had about lead poisoning. We will research and try to find out the answers to these questions.