Phelps Dodge Lead-Free Building Wires

1. Lead is a naturally occurring bluish-gray metal. Much of it comes from human activities including burning fossil fuels, mining, and manufacturing.
2. Lead is dangerous! Lead disrupts the functioning of almost every brain neurotransmitter. Since the body mistakes lead for calcium, it interferes with nerve impulse transmission, heart activity and blood clotting. It has therefore been associated with diseases that affect the cardiovascular, respiratory, reproductive, and nervous systems. A person may experience the following effects depending on the amount of exposure:
   
   
   Acute Exposure: Headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal spasms, fatigue, sleep disturbances, weight loss, anemia, kidney damage, and pain in arms, legs, and joints
   
   
   Chronic Exposure: Impaired functions of the nervous system, kidney and brain damage, and slow mental development in children
3. There are several ways we can be exposed to lead, some of which are:
   • Eating food or drinking water that is contaminated with lead.
   • Spending time in areas where lead-based paints are deteriorating.
   • Working in a job where lead is used.
   • Engaging in certain hobbies in which lead is used (for example, stained glass making) 
   • Using products that contain lead
4. Lead has been banned from being used as raw material for certain products in many countries. House paints, plumbing pipes, solders, cans,including wires and cables are now Lead-Free in the US and Europe. You can protect yourself, your family, your home, and your world from the toxic effects of lead. Use only Lead-Free products.

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