1- identify and briefly describe the public health topic you chose.
Public health in regards to exposure to heavy metals is always of concern. Exposure to lead has been a major environmental hazard for a very long time. Reference to Lin, S. (2011), reveals that, I t poses a threat to the health of individuals when an intolerable amount of lead is either inhaled or ingested. Routes of exposure to lead include contaminated air, water, soil, food, and consumer products. Occupational exposure is also a common cause of lead poisoning in adults. Children are more susceptible to exposure to toxic metals than are adults. Some groups, mainly minority and poor children living in the inner city, suffer from high rates of lead poisoning.
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American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) urges policy makers and the medical community to take new action to protect children from this critical health threat. Furthermore, CDC (2015) states that, the Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988 authorized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to initiate program efforts to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in the United States. These stakeholders exert their influence by offering funds to many lead poisoning prevention programs to develop, implement, evaluate lead poisoning prevention activities and development of state and local lead screening plans. Expanded states laboratories to analyze the blood and environmental samples and to ensure accurate result. They developed surveillance System through which states can report data to CDC. Provided training to public health professionals through CDC’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Training Center (CDC, 2015). Workers and family who work at such recycling industries also need to be educated about the methods of
Public health in regards to exposure to heavy metals is always of concern. Exposure to lead has been a major environmental hazard for a very long time. Reference to Lin, S. (2011), reveals that, I t poses a threat to the health of individuals when an intolerable amount of lead is either inhaled or ingested. Routes of exposure to lead include contaminated air, water, soil, food, and consumer products. Occupational exposure is also a common cause of lead poisoning in adults. Children are more susceptible to exposure to toxic metals than are adults. Some groups, mainly minority and poor children living in the inner city, suffer from high rates of lead poisoning.
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American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) urges policy makers and the medical community to take new action to protect children from this critical health threat. Furthermore, CDC (2015) states that, the Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988 authorized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to initiate program efforts to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in the United States. These stakeholders exert their influence by offering funds to many lead poisoning prevention programs to develop, implement, evaluate lead poisoning prevention activities and development of state and local lead screening plans. Expanded states laboratories to analyze the blood and environmental samples and to ensure accurate result. They developed surveillance System through which states can report data to CDC. Provided training to public health professionals through CDC’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Training Center (CDC, 2015). Workers and family who work at such recycling industries also need to be educated about the methods of