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By sharing International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week messages, you can help raise awareness of lead exposure, encourage action to prevent lead poisoning and support efforts to protect children and communities around the world.
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Lead exposure can damage multiple organs
Once lead enters the body, it can travel to the brain, kidneys, liver and bones — and build up over time. Lead exposure can damage multiple systems, which is why prevention is so critical. #ILPPW2026 #LeadPoisoning #BanLeadPaint More info: https://bit.ly/4yNEPVD
3.5 million deaths. From an exposure we can prevent
Lead exposure was linked to more than 3.5 million deaths globally in 2023, largely through cardiovascular effects. This burden is massive, but also preventable. The world must move from detection to prevention. #ILPPW2026 #LeadPoisoning #BanLeadPaint More info: https://bit.ly/4yNEPVD
Lead exposure can cause health problems such as heart disease
Lead is not only a child health issue. It is also linked to cardiovascular disease in adults. Lead exposure affects health of people of all ages, which makes prevention everyone’s business. #ILPPW2026 #LeadPoisoning #BanLeadPaint More info: https://bit.ly/4yNEPVD
No lead exposure is safe for children
There is no known safe level of lead exposure for children. Even low levels can harm developing brains and have lifelong consequences. The safest exposure is no exposure. #ILPPW2026 #LeadPoisoning #BanLeadPaint More info: https://bit.ly/4yNEPVD
What you can't see can still affect a child's development
#LeadPoisoning is often invisible. A child may have no clear symptoms, while lead quietly affects brain development, learning and attention. That is why early action must focus on prevention, not just detection. #ILPPW2026 #BanLeadPaint More info: https://bit.ly/4yNEPVD
Lead can hide in the things around us
In paint. In dust. In soil. In water. In some ceramics, cosmetics, medicines, toys and jewellery. Lead exposure can come from more places than many people realize — which is why awareness must lead to action. #ILPPW2026 #LeadPoisoning #BanLeadPaint More info: https://bit.ly/4yNEPVD
A car battery can become an exposure to us
Unsafe lead-acid battery recycling can contaminate soil, dust and nearby communities. What looks like an environmental issue can become a child health emergency. Safer recycling helps protect families. #ILPPW2026 #LeadPoisoning #BanLeadPaint More info: https://bit.ly/4yNEPVD
Lead exposure impacts the health of future generations
Lead does not just disappear. It can build up in bones over time and be released during pregnancy, exposing the developing baby. Preventing lead exposure protects the next generation before birth. #ILPPW2026 #LeadPoisoning #BanLeadPaint More info: https://bit.ly/4yNEPVD
Clear water could still contain lead
Clear water is not always safe water. Lead and other contaminants can enter drinking-water through pipes, solder and fittings. Finding the source is how we ultimately stop the exposure. Where lead-containing materials are in use, water suppliers, consumers and other stakeholders can take action to mitigate exposure to lead in drinking-water. #ILPPW2026 #LeadPoisoning #BanLeadPaint More info: https://bit.ly/4yNEPVD
For a child, the floor can be a source of lead exposure
Young children explore the world with their hands and often their mouths. Lead-contaminated dust and soil can travel from floors and surfaces to little hands and into growing bodies. Protecting children starts by preventing exposure at the source. #ILPPW2026 #LeadPoisoning #BanLeadPaint More info: https://bit.ly/4yNEPVD
Preventing exposure to lead is the best prevention for lead poisoning
Testing and treatment matter — but the best protection is stopping exposure before it happens. Stronger standards, safer products, safe recycling and better enforcement can save lives. Prevention is the real solution. #ILPPW2026 #LeadPoisoning #BanLeadPaint More info: https://bit.ly/4yNEPVD
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