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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 542876" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>My 2 oldest children had documented lead poisoning at their day care center. difficult child was not born at that time and never tested positive for lead. Neither of my 2 youngest did either. </p><p></p><p>Oldest boy has Aspie and ADHD like symptoms from the lead but is not a true Aspie nor is he truly ADHD. I got him the diagnosis so I could send him to a special school. daughter's lead poisoning manifested itself in damage to her math abilities, though her overall intelligence allowed her to do well enough in school. She is taking her required teaching math for non-math education majors this fall and I am terrified she will do poorly.</p><p></p><p>I do believe that lead can cause behavioral and other problems and I think that ALL children should be tested at their yearly physicals from ages 1 through 8 or if they are exposed to a known source of lead. If they don't have it by then, it's not likely to impact them. Hopefully, as years go by, lead will be less and less a source of toxicity but for now, aging housing stock and the remnants of old gas stations, etc. leave lead as a distinct threat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 542876, member: 3493"] My 2 oldest children had documented lead poisoning at their day care center. difficult child was not born at that time and never tested positive for lead. Neither of my 2 youngest did either. Oldest boy has Aspie and ADHD like symptoms from the lead but is not a true Aspie nor is he truly ADHD. I got him the diagnosis so I could send him to a special school. daughter's lead poisoning manifested itself in damage to her math abilities, though her overall intelligence allowed her to do well enough in school. She is taking her required teaching math for non-math education majors this fall and I am terrified she will do poorly. I do believe that lead can cause behavioral and other problems and I think that ALL children should be tested at their yearly physicals from ages 1 through 8 or if they are exposed to a known source of lead. If they don't have it by then, it's not likely to impact them. Hopefully, as years go by, lead will be less and less a source of toxicity but for now, aging housing stock and the remnants of old gas stations, etc. leave lead as a distinct threat. [/QUOTE]
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