Effects on Your Child

Lead poisoning causes damage to the brain and nervous system as well as the heart and red blood cells resulting in:

• Learning Disabilities
• Lowered I.Q.
• Hyperactivity
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Speech Delay
• Hearing Loss
• Slowed or Reduced Growth
• Behavioral Problems
• Violent or Aggressive Behavior

High Level Poisoning can result in: Serve Cognitive Disabilities, Coma and Death. 

Even though medical treatment like chelation can reduce the amount of lead in a child’s body, the damage done is irreversible. The harmful effects of lead poisoning are permanent.