How Can Lead Enter the Body
Ingestion
- Swallowed by handling food, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, or make up without washing
- Lead found in drinking water from solder in pipes or lead pipes
- Glazed porcelain, ceramic lead glazed, or handmade pottery can release large amounts of lead into foods or liquid
- Closing lead fishing sinkers with your teeth
- Not wearing a mask during the remodeling or renovating of lead based painted furniture or homes
- Lead containing solder on some food cans may contaminate foods
- Drinking fountains in public places may have lead pipes or solder in them