Where Else Is Lead Found?
• On the job (e.g. home renovators, police who use weapons, battery manufacturers). If you work with lead, you could bring it home on your hands or clothes. Shower and change clothes before coming home. Wash your work clothes separately from the rest of your family’s clothes. • On painted toys and furniture. • In food and liquids stored in lead crystal or lead-glazed pottery or porcelain. • In industries that release lead into the air such as battery manufacturers. • From hobbies that use lead, such as making pottery or stained glass, or refinishing furniture. • In folk remedies that contain lead, such as “farouk” (Middle Eastern remedy for teething), “pay-loo-ah” (fever and rash treatment in Southeast Asia) and “azarcon.” (Mexican treatment for intestinal blockage). • In imported candies/food.
a. On the job (ex. Home renovators, police who use weapons, battery manufacturers). If you work with lead, you could bring it home on your hands or clothes. Shower and change clothes before coming home. Launder your work clothes separately from the rest of your family’s clothes. b. On old painted toys and furniture. c. In food and liquids stored in lead crystal or lead-glazed pottery or porcelain. d. In industries that release lead into the air such as battery manufacturers. e. Hobbies that use lead, such as making pottery or stained glass, or refinishing furniture. f. In folk remedies that contain lead, such as “farouk” (Middle Eastern remedy for teething), pay-loo-ah (fever and rash treatment in Southeast Asia) and “azarcon.” (Mexican treatment for intestinal blockage). g. Imported Candies/Food.
