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Lead toxicity: a review

Lead toxicity is an important environmental disease and its effects on the human body are devastating. There is almost no function in the human body which is not affected by lead toxicity. Though in countries like US and Canada the use of lead has been controlled up to a certain extent, it is still...

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Autores principales: Wani, Ab Latif, Ara, Anjum, Usmani, Jawed Ahmad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Slovak Toxicology Society SETOX 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27486361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/intox-2015-0009
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description Lead toxicity is an important environmental disease and its effects on the human body are devastating. There is almost no function in the human body which is not affected by lead toxicity. Though in countries like US and Canada the use of lead has been controlled up to a certain extent, it is still used vehemently in the developing countries. This is primarily because lead bears unique physical and chemical properties that make it suitable for a large number of applications for which humans have exploited its benefits from historical times and thus it has become a common environmental pollutant. Lead is highly persistent in the environment and because of its continuous use its levels rise in almost every country, posing serious threats. This article reviews the works listed in the literature with recent updates regarding the toxicity of lead. Focus is also on toxic effects of lead on the renal, reproductive and nervous system. Finally the techniques available for treating lead toxicity are presented with some recent updates.
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spelling pubmed-49618982016-08-02 Lead toxicity: a review Wani, Ab Latif Ara, Anjum Usmani, Jawed Ahmad Interdiscip Toxicol Review Article Lead toxicity is an important environmental disease and its effects on the human body are devastating. There is almost no function in the human body which is not affected by lead toxicity. Though in countries like US and Canada the use of lead has been controlled up to a certain extent, it is still used vehemently in the developing countries. This is primarily because lead bears unique physical and chemical properties that make it suitable for a large number of applications for which humans have exploited its benefits from historical times and thus it has become a common environmental pollutant. Lead is highly persistent in the environment and because of its continuous use its levels rise in almost every country, posing serious threats. This article reviews the works listed in the literature with recent updates regarding the toxicity of lead. Focus is also on toxic effects of lead on the renal, reproductive and nervous system. Finally the techniques available for treating lead toxicity are presented with some recent updates. Slovak Toxicology Society SETOX 2015-06 2015-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4961898/ /pubmed/27486361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/intox-2015-0009 Text en Copyright © 2015 SETOX & Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, SASc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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