Lead Poisoning Support Group

Certainly the old chipped paint (mid '70s and earlier) that may still be in the window panels, occupational sources, toys/candies/cosmetics from other parts of the world.

another source would be copper pipes in older homes that were soldered with lead. The weights put in curtains to make them lay straighter are lead are just a couple that come to mind.

We have well water and it tested positive for lead. Likely it is in the joints of the plumbing.

our lead was from plates. Hand painted plates from Italy bought at a nationwide IMPORT store in 2002. These were glazed and had no warning or else I wouldn't have registered for them. Had our house tested by the state and there were minor sources in our house, but this the only significant source. It was the only thing we changed and my son's lead dropped from 22 to 3 over the course of a year. The company admits there is lead in the products but claims that it is within "safe" levels.

My son tested positive for lead at 33 ug/dl when he was just a year old. He is now 15...easily upset, failing school, in trouble all the time, impulsive, moody outbursts and inability to follow rules so much so that the school calls me to calm him down.

We had an old house with chipping paint. But the surprising source was the day after the poisoning was reported to the health department the city dug up our yard to remove the 22-foot-long lead connector that was invisible in the ground between the city water main and the house. We didn't even have time to test the water. My sister lived in Washington state which is a little more environmentally conscious and they warned their customer with a note on the back of the water bill about flushing pipes util all the connectors were removed. No such warning was ever on my bill. Last year in a neighboring city on the news water was still contaminated and residents completely unaware of the lead connectors still in the ground. This nearly a decade after my son was poisoned.

My daughters lead level was a 10 when it was found and was caused from an old cast iron bathtub which had a porcelain glaze on it. We had hard water and I basically did everthing I could to remove it therefore wearing some of the paint away where you could see a hint of they grey below which is the only areas lead tested positive in. When she was a toddler she thought it was funny to spit out water from the tub & sometimes accidently swallowing it. It was only when ADHD/ADD seemed present and speech and motorskill delays developed around the age of 3 that we had her blood tested and found it.