Children absorb lead more readily and face higher exposure risk than adults

Evidence

As Herbert Needleman and Philip Landrigan demonstrated during the 1970s, children are especially vulnerable to the neurotoxic effects of exposure to lead. Their exposure risk is high because they often put things in their mouths, including toys and furniture painted with lead pigments and leaded paint chips from peeling paint. They also inhale lead dust from the friction of lead-painted surfaces such as window frames and window sills. Their developing bodies absorb lead more readily. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1773

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1773
• XREF: connects to: Childhood lead exposure impairs cognition and raises aggression and dropout — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1239