The Effects of Low-Level Lead Exposure in Adults

Much of the lead found in adults today was deposited decades ago in our skeleton and is just now leaching out from our bones into our blood. What are the health consequences of having lead levels down around the American average?

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I’m such a sucker for science documentaries, and my favorite episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey was The Clean Room (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3410940/), which dealt with this very issue. Trivia: Carl Sagan was my next-door neighbor when I was at Cornell!

If you want to find out How the Leaded Gas Industry Got Away With It (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/•How-..., check out that video. How the Lead Paint Industry Got Away With It (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-t...) is similarly scandalous. Lead in Drinking Water (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lead-...) offers the modern-day tale of what happened in Flint. "Normal” Blood Lead Levels Can Be Toxic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Norma...) explores the impacts on childhood development.

I’ll close out this extended video series on lead with what we can do about it:
• How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Thiamine, Fiber, Iron, Fat, Fasting? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-t...)
• How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Breakfast, Whole Grains, Milk, Tofu? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-t...)
• Best Foods for Lead Poisoning: Chlorella, Cilantro, Tomatoes, Moringa? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-...)
• Best Food for Lead Poisoning - Garlic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-...)
• Can Vitamin C Help with Lead Poisoning? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Can-V...)
• Yellow Bell Peppers for Male Infertility and Lead Poisoning? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Yello...)

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