The higher the frequency of burning incense, the higher the lead concentration in children's blood.

Burning incense and worshipping god may lead to lead poisoning in children! A domestic study on the blood lead concentration of kindergarten children in Taiwan Province pointed out that the average lead concentration in children's blood is higher than the average, and the higher the frequency of burning incense, the higher the lead concentration.

A domestic study on the blood lead concentration of kindergarten children in Taiwan Province pointed out that the average blood lead concentration of children who have the habit of burning incense and worshiping God at home is high. (Photo/Excerpted from Wikipedia) Huang Yaohui, a professor of public health at National Taiwan University, recently published "20 1 1 Preliminary Analysis of Blood Lead Concentration of Kindergarten Children in Taiwan Province Province" in Wei Zhi, Taiwan Province Province, and drew blood from 934 children aged 4-7 in 85 kindergartens in Taiwan Province.

It is found that the average concentration of lead in the blood of kindergarten children in China is 1.86μg/dl, which is not far from the average level of advanced countries in Europe and America. However, the blood lead concentration of some children exceeds the safety standard of 65,438+00μ g/dl recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). * * * The same risk factors are: low family income, father engaged in the construction industry, and the habit of burning incense and worshiping God at home.

Burning incense and worshiping God is a common cultural tradition in China, but it is found that the average blood lead concentration of children who have the habit of burning incense and worshiping God at home exceeds 2μg/dL, which exceeds the overall average level, and the higher the frequency of worshiping God, the higher the concentration.

Professor Huang Yaohui said that with the ban on leaded gasoline, lead paint, solder and other related products, lead exposure in the environment has decreased, but this latest report found that the risk factors come from families. In addition to burning incense to worship, there are also fathers who work in steel and plastic factories. When they go home, they hold their children without changing clothes, which may expose the lead dust left in the working environment to young children. These are indeed mostly families with low socio-economic status.

Lead poisoning mainly affects the nervous system, including finger, wrist and joint weakness, and may also cause hypertension or brain and kidney diseases. Scholars call for minimizing children's exposure to lead.