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Lead causes increased medical costs, education costs(for special education programs).
Name 2 economic impacts of lead
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Pb
What is lead's chemical symbol
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In 1993, the base of the Leaning Tower of Pisa was stabilised with 600 tonnes of lead.
What is a fun fact about lead that involes the leaning tower of pisa
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Working in a place where you interact with lead particles and dust is the primary way people get contaminated by lead. Lead fumes and dust do not have any odour, which means you may not know that you’ve been infected. You could accidentally ingest lead dust if you consume anything near where lead is stored. Smoking in areas where there is lead in the air can also cause lead to enter our system. Lead can also be absorbed through the skin; if you touch your eyes, nose, or mouth after being in contact with lead, you could get exposed.
Name 3 ways that lead can enter our system
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Car batteries
What is the largest use for lead
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Plumbum
What is lead's Latin name
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Most compounds that contain lead are usually white.
What is a fun fact about lead that is about its compounds
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Lead can cause permanent damage to the health of children and adults. Lead can also infect unborn children, which can cause them to have mental disabilities because it affects their developing nervous system. High exposure to lead can cause anemia and massive kidney and brain damage. If the exposure is too high, the infected person will die.
Name 3 health impacts of lead
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These can be bullets, pipes, car fuel, hair dyes and pottery. Lead is also used in batteries, weights, and sheets
Lead has a low melting point, making it easy to shape into products many people use. What are four of these products.
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The carbon family
What is lead's chemical family
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The Ancient Egyptians were the first to use lead minerals in cosmetics, an application that spread to Ancient Greece and beyond; the Egyptians may have used lead for sinkers in fishing nets, glazes, glasses, enamels, and for ornaments.
What is a fun fact about lead that is about the Egyptians
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Lead can cause infants born with low birth weights, welfare utilisation, and adult health problems. It also causes crime, child abuse, and people dropping out of grades due to IQ loss.
Name 5 social impacts of lead
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Radiation
What does lead protect us from
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Period 14, 82 and group 14
What is leads period,atomic number or group
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Pencils historically never had lead in them, they in fact always had graphite. When graphite was discovered, it was thought to be a form of lead, hence calling it “lead” in the pencil.
What is a fun fact about lead that involves pencils
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Lead can cause decreased growth and reproduction inside animals and plants and neurological effects in vertebrates.
Name what lead does to vertebrates
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Corrosive liquids
What is lead used to store
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207.2
What is leads atomic mass
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Make a pun about lead
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