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Helping Animals with Lead Poisoning

Helping Animals with Lead Poisoning

Lead is a chemical element in the carbon group and atomic number 82. If it is ingested or inhaled, its compounds are poisonous to humans and animals. Lead is a neurotoxin that accumulates both in soft tissues and the bones, damaging the nervous system and causing brain disorders including cancers. Lead poisoning has been documented since ancient Rome, ancient Greece, and ancient China.