Prevalence of childhood lead poisoning in a lead mining
area.Introduction Lead poisoning lead poisoning or plumbism
(plŭm`bĭz'əm), intoxication of the system by organic compounds
containing lead. is a recognized threat to children living in
urban areas of the United States United States, officially
United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000),
3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United
States is the world's third largest country in population and
the fourth largest country in area. (1). There is, however,
little information available on the prevalence of lead poisoning
in the rural areas of the United States, particularly as it
relates to point sources such as lead mining and smelting
smelting, in metallurgy, any process of melting or fusion,
especially to extract a metal from its ore. Smelting processes
vary in detail depending on the nature of the ore and the metal
involved, but they are typified in the use of the blast furnace.
. Ilene Danse, et al., reviewed published