Lead belongs to the heavy metals present in abundance in the earth's crust. It's a fact that even small amounts of concentration in the body causes damage to the nervous system, especially in young children.
Lead has been used in the manufacture of many building materials, such as water pipes, paints, whose content was reduced by law since the 80's and from the gasoline, and many other household products. It can be contained in several farmlands passing in agricultural products and in large fish.
Lead poisoning has as symptoms pain in the abdomen, headaches, convulsions, hair loss, muscle weakness, while young people can present long-term anemia, attention deficit, behavior problems, learning disability and reduced IQ.
Tap water represents up to 20% of our exposure to lead, which is detached from the old water supply systems, new piping that may contain up to 8% lead, copper piping welds, old water meters and polluted sources.
Solution to the removal of lead from the main source of our exposure is the tap water are water filters Veluda reverse osmosis, proven to remove lead and other water threats.