Toxicity of lead poisoning

Abstract

In ancient time there has been recognition of toxicity of lead among people. Today, lead and its compounds are some of
the most well‐studied environmental toxicants. There are Common toxic agents that have been a major concern they are
heavy metals, organophosphates, bacterial, and animal neurotoxins are all toxic substances invading the human body.
Generally, lead exposure is one of the most frequent and dangerous exposures that can escalate to significant neuropsychological and functional decline in the human body. Lead toxicity is a serious environmental disease and its effects on
the human body are disastrous. All functions in the human body are affected by lead toxicity. In countries like US and
Canada the use of lead has been controlled extensively, it is still used in large scale by developing countries. This is primarily because it has physical and chemical properties that make it suitable for a large number of applications for which
humans have benefitted from. For many years lead has been a major environmental pollutant. Lead is highly persistent in
the environment and because of its application in all most, all human produce its levels rise generally in almost every
country causing a serious threat.