What are the environmental effects of lead dusts and particulates?



Answer:
These particles will permeate the soil, and therefore be absorbed by the root systems of plants, (ie: food), and can enter a human system by eating the foods. It can be toxic to fish, birds, and other wild life as it deposits in our lakes, and rivers, and can cause forms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in both animals and humans who breathe them
It will poisin the air,water supply,oceans,marine life,wildlife,humans.As a result,breathing problems,high lead
count in blood which will shut down the organs of anything living.
All you want to know about:

-lead in the air <http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/lead/>...
-particulates <http://www.epa.gov/oar/particlepollution...
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