Lead Poisoning in Wisconsin for High School Students

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Lead Poisoning in Wisconsin for High School
Students Presented by Wisconsin School
Nurses Wisconsin Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Program Implementation and Oversight
Committee (IOC) Education Workgroup Division of
Public Health Department of Health Services

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What You Will Learn About Lead Poisoning in
Wisconsin

• What deteriorated lead paint looks like
• Effects of lead poisoning on children, youth
  adults
• Lead Poisoning in Wisconsin
• How do you know if you are lead poisoned
• What should you do if you are lead poisoned
• How to prevent lead poisoning
• Resources for information

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What Does Chipping and Peeling Paint Look Like?
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Obvious Hazards
alligatoring/checking paint
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Windows
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Exterior Hazards
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Porches
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Exterior porches toprails, decks and other
horizontal surfaces. The annual spring project.
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Sources of Lead Poisoning

• Children under the age of 6 are susceptible to
  lead poisoning if they live or spend time in a
  home with lead dust or deteriorating varnish.
• Question WHY?

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Answer

• Because they have
• Normal hand-to-mouth behavior
• Rapidly developing nervous
• system - vulnerable to the
• effects of lead
• Higher rate of absorption

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Question

• How much lead dust does it take to poison a
  child?

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How Lead Affects Children

• How does lead get into the body?
• Ingested - mouth (most common
• source of exposure for children)
• Inhaled - nose (usually occupational exposure)
• Lead dust is not absorbed through the skin.

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Question

• What can happen to children, youth and adults
  as a result of lead poisoning?

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Effects of Lead Poisoning

• Lead poisoning interferes with the normal
  development of a childs brain and can cause
• learning and behavior problems.

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How Lead Affects Children

• The toxic effects of lead on the brain can
  disrupt the normal development of
• Emotional response
• Memory
• Learning
• Speech and Language
• Hearing

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How Lead Affects Youth and Adults

• A youth or adult is at risk of lead exposure if
  they
• Work in an occupation that uses lead
• Renovate a home that was built before 1978
• Have a hobby that uses lead, such as
• Reloading bullets or target shooting
• Casting fishing weights
• Stained glass or ceramics

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How Lead Affects Youth and Adults

• Symptoms that can be related to lead include
• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Sleep disturbances
• Memory problems
• Muscle/joint aches and pains
• Irritability
• Fatigue
• Nausea, loss of appetite, weight loss
• Fertility problems, miscarriages

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How Lead Affects Youth

• The behavioral effects of teenagers exposed to
  lead as a child can result in
• Increased rates of high school dropout
• Anti-social behavior (juvenile delinquency,
  teenage pregnancy)
• Committing the most violent crimes as youth and
  adults.

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How Lead Affects Youth

• A recent study showed that youth who have been
  lead poisoned may feel
• Panic
• Depression

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How Lead Affects Adults

• Long term effects related to lead in adults can
  include such things as
• High blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes
• Premature death because of the above
• Neurological problems
• Kidney disease
• Mood disorders such as anxiety, hostility or
  depression
• Memory loss and Alzheimers disease

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• Wisconsin-Specific Data

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Lead poisoning in Wisconsin is a statewide
problem. Each red dot represents an address
associated with a lead-poisoned child,
1996-2010. More than 46,000 children.
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2nd in Midwest States
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How do I know if anyone in my Family is
Lead-Poisoned?

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BLOOD LEAD TESTING

• The only way to know if a child, youth or adult
  is lead poisoned is to have blood lead test.
• Capillary blood draw
• Venous blood draw ( a Venous blood draw is
  recommended for youth age gt 16 and adults)

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What Happens if Someone in My Family is Lead
Poisoned?

• Dr. will provide medical guidance about retesting
• Environmental guidance about your home or the
  lead source from your Local Health Department
• Information from the State Programs Wisconsin
  Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
  (WCLPPP) or the Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology
  Surveillance Program (ABLES)

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Nutrition is Important!

• Eat a healthy diet!
• Calcium (Lead replaces calcium)
• Iron (Adequate iron decreases lead absorption)
• Vitamin C (Enhances iron absorption)
• Zinc, Thiamin and Vitamin E (Reduce the toxic
  effects of lead).
• Low fat diet (Fat absorbs lead)

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• Question
• What Foods Contain Calcium?

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Answer

• Calcium

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• What Foods Contain Iron?

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Answer

• IRON

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• What Foods Contain Vitamin C?

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Answer

• Vitamin C

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• What Foods Contain Zinc?

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Answer

• Zinc

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• What Foods Contain Vitamin E?

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• Vitamin E

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• What Foods Contain Thiamine?

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• Thiamin

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• What can you do to prevent lead poisoning?

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Answer

• Eat healthy
• Be aware of lead hazards (deteriorated paint or
  varnish)
• Wash your hands with soap and water often,
  especially if you are working with lead
• Research if a mask or gloves are necessary for
  protection when doing a hobby or occupation that
  uses lead
• Talk with your physician about getting a simple
  blood test if you work with lead

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Question

• Remember the pictures at the beginning of this
  presentation? For Children.

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Preventing Lead Poisoning for Children
Treatment of the environment is the primary
prevention. FIX THE HOUSE!
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Materials available from WCLPPP
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Materials available from WCLPPP
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• Resources
• 1. Your Local Health Department
• 2. WCLPPP website dhs.wi.gov/lead
• 3. WCLPPP and ABLES Phone Number
• 608/266-5817