Purpose: To educate people on lead poisoning.
Background: Lead is a toxic substance that can be found in many places. It is important to know what could contain lead so that children will not get lead poisoning.Safety at home website says that lead poisoning in children remains a big environmental concern in the U.S. According to the EPA, children can be exposed to lead before they are born. Also, children that may seem very healthy can have high levels of lead in their bodies. It is important that people are aware of the health effects of lead, where lead is found and how to prevent lead poisoning. Most people think only of the paint in homes as containing lead, but this is not the case. There have been many other products that contained lead based paint out in stores. The CDC says that lead-based paint and lead contaminated dust are the main sources of lead exposure for U.S. children.
Instructions:
- Go to the CDC website here for lead recalls.
- Look through the different recalled items.
- Find three recalled item (preferably in the past year).
- Tell me the name of the product and how long it was out before it was recalled.
- Then go to the EPA website page on lead, click on the "What you can do to protect your family" link and list three ways you can prevent lead poisoning in your home.
- Watch the short video below on lead Poisoning and give a short reflection on what you have learned or what surprised you overall from this whole activity.
I hope this activity is not too tedious! Good luck!
I really liked doing this activity. I especially liked the video. It was kind of entertaining. I was also really surprised about the amount of products still being sold with high amounts of lead. The things companies will do for profit...
ReplyDeleteThis project really opened up my eyes to the fact that items being sold today still may contain lead in them, which is scary since it seemed that most of the items recalled were products targeted for children!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I may be mistaken, but I'm pretty positive they spelled 'sleeping' wrong in the video, haha check it out!
My favorite part of you activity was watching the video. It was really interesting, while very entertaining. I also liked that you provided us with a variety of information. It is scary though to think how many items have lead in them.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a great activity. I can't wait to do it. You have some good facts as well.
ReplyDeleteAlyssa I thought your video was super creative. It really added to your blog post. It was really interesting to look at all the products that have been recalled in the past year. Some products such as lacrosse gloves I would never expect having lead in it.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this activity as well, the video was a great touch. It captures the attention of different types of learners.
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