Freddie Grey and Lead Poisoning

According to the Mayo Clinic Health care section the common symptoms of lead poisoning include:

• High Blood Pressure
• Abdominal Pain
• Constipation
• Joint Pains
• Muscle Pains
• Declines in Mental Functioning
• Pain, numbness or tingling of the extremities
• Headaches
• Memory loss
• Mood disorders
• Miscarriage or premature birth in pregnant women
• Weight loss

How do you get lead poisoning?

• Can be found in soil
• Water
• Household dust
• Pottey
• Toys
• Makeup

Complications

• brain damage
• damage in kidneys and nervous system
• seizures
• unconsciousness
• death

Treatments

• Chelation therapy- medicine that binds with the lead, which then exits through your urine
• EDTA therapy

Preventions

• wash toys
• clean surfaces
• run cold water to clean pipes
• dont let your children play on soil
• eat healthy

Freddy Gray as a child grew up exposed to lead poisoning. So did other children in west Baltimore. A big problem there was a lot of lead in the air do to the peeling of lead paint in that area. Children are more likely to have lead poisoning.

Sources:
Mayo Clinic: Lead Poisoning
Tomasky, Michael. "Why Freddy Gray Never Had a Chance: Lead Poisoning Is Killing Inner-City Baltimore." N.p., n.d. Web. 3 June 2015.