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What methodology is used for lead testing ? I eared about blood sampling but that quote from the article make me wonder the effectiveness: > the half-life of
by aziaziazi 2y ago
What methodology is used for lead testing ? I eared about blood sampling but that quote from the article make me wonder the effectiveness:
> the half-life of lead in the blood (meaning the amount of time needed for the concentration to drop to half) is relatively short, at only 28 days, that’s not the same as the half-life in the body. Some of the lead in the blood will not be eliminated, but it will actually go into the soft tissue, i.e. kidneys, liver, brain, where the half-life is a few months, and more annoyingly, into the bones, where the half-life is between 10 to 30 years. What’s more, from here, lead can leach back into the bloodstream, from where it can once again get into the soft tissue and cause more damage