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Historically, since pre-historic times, mankind has used lead (Pb) extensively in hundreds of different ways. For example, the Romans were famous for using it in creating their famous acqueducts for water delivery, other plumbing uses, pottery, and even added it to sweeten their unremarkable but popular wine. Many historians comment that this use of lead (Pb) in wine and water, etc., contributed appreciably to the decline ( from plumbism, aka "lead poisoning") of their once-thriving civilization.
Since lead (Pb) is not able to dissolve in water or biodegrade, dissipate, decay, or burn, it makes for a harmful hazard to the human body. It is currently estimated that at least 10 million metric tons of lead residue exists in earth's general environment : meaning, in the air we breathe, water we drink and use, soil, plants, trees, products we make, etc.
Lead (pb) is certainly not just in the lead-based paint previously used in many pre-1978 built residential units and commercial buildings in Baltimore and other communities.
It should be emphasized that lead-based paint, alone and "uninterrupted", is NOT harmful to the human body. It is only when lead-based paint is " interrupted" (i.e., chipped, peeled, cracked, in dust,etc.) and "ingested" by the body can it become harmful. Children, ages 0 to 6, who have ingested lead either fetally or by mouth are the primary victims of concern for lead poisoning ("plumbism").
Quite frankly, since dust and soil lead (Pb) can be virtually ubiquitous in some residential neighborhoods in large cities like Baltimore because of the long-time legacy of past production of lead, as well as past uses of lead in gasoline, paint and other products, it is extremely in many cases to place the blame or otherwise identify sources for a victim's plumbism.
Needless to say, in an historic manufacturing city such as Baltimore, sources of lead (Pb) go far beyond just lead-based paint in residential units and buildings.
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