Su Mark, Barrueto Fermin, Hoffman Robert S
State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Hospital Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
J Urban Health. 2002 Dec;79(4):491-501. doi: 10.1093/jurban/79.4.491.
Although lead poisoning (plumbism) has been recognized for centuries, lead exposures still occur frequently today because of its varied uses and persistence in the environment. Despite the awareness of the adverse effects of lead on adults, childhood plumbism was first reported only about a century ago. Young children are one of the most vulnerable groups to the adverse effects of lead because of their rapidly developing central nervous systems. Federal regulations in the 1970s have been successfully implemented to decrease the amount of environmental lead by decreasing the content of lead in gasoline and indoor paint. However, almost 30 years after these laws were passed, inner-city housing with leaded paint still exists. We describe three children living in New York City who developed plumbism from the ingestion of leaded paint chips.
尽管铅中毒（铅毒）几个世纪以来已为人所知，但由于铅的用途广泛且在环境中持久存在，如今铅暴露仍频繁发生。尽管人们已认识到铅对成年人的不良影响，但儿童铅中毒直到大约一个世纪前才首次被报道。幼儿是最易受铅不良影响的群体之一，因为他们的中枢神经系统发育迅速。20世纪70年代的联邦法规已成功实施，通过降低汽油和室内油漆中的铅含量来减少环境中的铅含量。然而，这些法律通过近30年后，含铅油漆的市中心住房仍然存在。我们描述了三名居住在纽约市的儿童，他们因摄入含铅油漆碎片而患上铅中毒。
