Sources of Lead
Possible sources of lead include:
- Plumbing products
- Solder
- Batteries
- Cigarettes
- Fishing weights or sinkers
- Bullets and pellets
- Printing materials (printer ink, typesetting materials)
- Pottery (glazing and firing)
- Lead crystal glasses
- Old pewter plates and mugs
- Lead lighting
- Some imported cosmetics and pigments
- Paints (could be an issue with renovations of boats, homes, cars or furniture covered with a lead based paint)
- Plastics and protective coatings
- Imported toys
- Playground equipment (paint coatings may contain lead, particularly if older than 1998)
- Canned fish
- Imported herbal preparations such as Ayurvedic medicine
- Petrol (aviation fuel, old leaded petrol in the past)
- Soil contamination
- Atmospheric pollution
- Contamination from mines and industrial areas
- Lead flashing on old roofs
- Hair colouring agents such as Grecian 2000
References:
- http://healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/J_M/Lead-exposure
- http://www.environment.gov.au/protection/chemicals-management/lead
- https://www.epa.gov/lead/protect-your-family-exposures-lead
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