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Good Nutrition Lessens Susceptibility of Lead Poisoning

July 14, 2007 by Caryn Talty CommentsBe the first to comment on this article! »
sxc.hu | author: H.Berends

sxc.hu | H.Berends

Families who continually eat healthy, well-balanced diets are clinically less susceptible to lead toxicity. This is a well recognized fact that has been documented throughout the 20th century, beginning as early as the 1920s [1].

In general, frequent eating causes less lead to be absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. When a person ingests lead with an empty stomach, however, it is absorbed at a much higher level. One study reported that lead on an empty stomach was 35% absorbed while 8.2% of lead ingested with food was absorbed …continue reading »

Lead Poisoning and your Garden Hose

July 13, 2007 by Caryn Talty Comments4 Comments »
sxc.hu | author: Les Powell

sxc.hu | author: Les Powell

It is the middle of July, and here that means hot, scorching weather. It is pool season were I live. With small children too young to swim, a local community pool membership is pointless. I wanted something to give them a bit of safe and convenient backyard fun. Well I found it in a Sports rectangular Family Pool. My husband and I set up the 20 x 7 ft pool and we were ecstatic that it was easily inflatable with an Intex electric pump and instantly collapsible. Within 10 minutes we had the pool ready for water. And when the boys were done playing we could deflate the thing in 5 minutes. This meant we could set up and take down the pool daily if we wanted and not have to worry about killing the grass or having one of the boys sneak into the pool unsupervised, and the water would be fresh from the hose and clean for every use. …continue reading »