Symptoms of Childhood Lead Poisoning Archives

Kids with a history of Lead exposure can have an increased risk of food allergies: Our story (my sons are highly allergic to food dye)

June 15, 2022May 17, 2024

Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 (But I’ve been meaning to write this one for a while now!) First, please take a look at the photos below. This is what happened to my son (who was 16 years old at the time these photos were taken) after he had ONE SIP of his friend’s light pink bubble…

I just found out my child is poisoned, what should I do?

December 15, 2019May 1, 2024

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Published: December 15, 2019 Updated: May 1, 2024 Hello all! I created this post to be a summary (a directory of a kind) to answer this question for those starting from the “Start Here” page. Below are links to some of my more important articles about first steps (or first things you want to read)…

What are the symptoms of Lead poisoning? In adults? In children?

December 15, 2019July 5, 2024

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…

Ask Tamara: What are the symptoms of childhood Lead poisoning?

January 7, 2017December 16, 2019

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Originally written: April 2014 Updated: December 16, 2019 I get this question all the time… so here’s a re-share of an older post I wrote with the answers. As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for reading! QUESTION: What are the symptoms of childhood Lead poisoning? ANSWER: The most important…