Sources of Lead Exposure in LMICs

Lead exposure exists in various sources, ranging from lead-based paints to cookware manufactured with scrap lead.

Blood lead levels in low-income and middle-income countries

Major sources of lead exposure were informal lead acid battery recycling and manufacture, metal mining and processing, electronic waste, and the use of lead as ...

Lead Exposure in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Perspectives ...

Many other formal and informal occupational activities are associated with lead exposure in LMICs, including battery manufacture, demolition ...

What's Causing Widespread Lead Exposure in Developing Countries?

Two decades on from the phase-out of leaded petrol,* one in three children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) still have elevated ...

Sources of lead exposure in various countries - PubMed

In Mexico exposure sources include glazed ceramics, lead contaminated utensils and lead contaminated water, for India lead sources include ...

Unveiling Lead in Consumer Products in Low- and Middle-Income ...

This research uncovered major sources of lead exposure historically overlooked, including metal foodware, ceramics, and cosmetics.

Advancing Knowledge to Reduce Lead Exposure of Children in ...

Legacy pollution and unregulated informal activities here contribute to markedly high exposures. Malnutrition amplifies lead's deleterious ...

Exposure to Lead Paint in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Lead exposure is common across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and can lead to life-long health problems, a reduced IQ, and lower ...

Global health burden and cost of lead exposure in children and adults

IQ loss in LMICs was nearly 80% higher than a previous estimate. Cardiovascular disease deaths were six times higher than the GBD 2019 estimate.

Economic Costs of Childhood Lead Exposure in Low- & Middle ...

One of the most important things we can do to decrease children's exposure to lead in LMICs is to ensure lead is no longer used in household paint and other ...

Opportunities for the G7 to Address the Global Crisis of Lead ...

There is a severe scarcity of data, but what does exist suggests that up to a half of children in LMICs have levels of lead exposure at which ...

Lead Poisoning: Impacts and Sources - Pure Earth

90% of children with high lead levels are in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The global cost of lead exposure is estimated to be between US$977 ...

Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning Worldwide

Major sources of lead poisoning in LMICs include paint, spices, cookware, pottery, pipes, cosmetics, toys, unsafe lead-acid battery recycling, ...

Global lead exposure report - Rethink Priorities

94% of the burden occurs in LMICs. In terms of the diseases lead exposure causes, GBD estimates that 82% of the DALYs are a result of ...

EPA International Cooperation on Lead Pollution | US EPA

A growing body of evidence shows that communities in LMICs, especially underserved and vulnerable populations with children living in poverty, ...

A Lead-Free Future | Fact Sheet - USAID

Major potential sources of lead in LMICs are industrial activities, improper recycling of used lead acid batteries and electronic waste, lead-glazed ceramics, ...

Rapid Market Screening to assess lead concentrations in consumer ...

In 2020, Pure Earth and UNICEF estimated that one in three children had elevated blood lead levels above 5 µg/dL. The sources of lead exposure ...

A Systematic Review of Blood Lead Levels in Low - ScienceDirect.com

2.9 Role of the Funding Source. 294. The funding sources restricted research to lead exposure in LMICs though otherwise. 295 had no role in data collection ...

Lead Exposure in Low and Middle-Income Countries - ResearchGate

In some developing countries, the disease burden attributable to lead exposure remains the highest [25] . It was reported that the application ...

Lead Exposure: a shallow cause exploration - Happier Lives Institute

Based on this data, our best guess estimate is that an additional microgram of lead per deciliter of blood 2The average for children in the USA is <1, in LMICs ...