Mbak Ambar, Sebaiknya sih dihindari menempati kamar yang baru di cat, bagaimanapun cat tersebut kan dibuat dari bahan kimia yang belum tentu aman bagi kita. Kadang memang ada yang 'ngidam' membaui sesuatu tapi ya kalau dalam kondisi normal sebaiknya dihindari. Kalau terpaksa sekali pastikan bahwa cat yang digunakan tidak mengandung 'lead' (di kalengnya ada tulisan 'bebas lead')sebagai campuran catnya, karena bisa menyebabkan keracunan yang disebut Lead Poisoning. Di AS sudah lama dilarang, tetapi saya tidak tahu bagaimana di Indonesia, jadi mencegah lebih baik daripada mengobati. Saya kirimkan artikelnya. Semoga berguna Mamanya dafi Lead Poisoning How can I tell whether my baby is at risk for lead poisoning? Basically, the older your house is and the closer you live to a freeway orlead-heavy industry, the greater your child's risk of lead poisoning. But it's rare for babies to have this problem because they have so little access to most sources of lead before they're mobile. The age when children most commonly get lead poisoning is between 1 and 2 years, when they are moving around more and likely to put things in their mouth. If you're concerned about lead,talk to your pediatrician about whether you should have your baby's blood tested. Your baby may be tested at 6 months if you live in a high-risk area or have other risk factors mentioned below. The age of your house is an important factor because older homes are more likely to have been painted with lead-based paint. Although paint manufacturers began phasing lead out of paint in 1950, the government didn't ban it completely until 1978. In general, the older your house is, the more likely it is to have lead-based paint and the greater the amount of lead in the paint. (Keep in mind that your child may also be at risk if he frequently visits a friend who lives in an older home or attends daycare in an older building.) Your proximity to a freeway or lead-heavy industry is important because the lead these sources have put into the air over time is likely to have ended up to contaminating the soil nearby. Though the government has now banned lead from gasoline, land near a freeway or major thoroughfare may still contain significant amounts of lead deposited there from car exhaust years ago. How could my baby get lead poisoning? Even if your child isn't chewing on paint chips, he can still get lead into his system if you've got lead-based paint in or around your house, especially if the paint is peeling. He may be gnawing on the windowsill or porch railing, for example, or breathing in the dust created when painted surfaces, such as windows or doors, rub against their frames. Other common sources of lead include: • Plumbing pipes made with lead, or copper pipes joined with lead solder • Older or imported brass faucets, which may contain lead • Brass keys (Don't let your baby play with your keys.) • Lead crystal glasses • Pottery with lead glaze (This is especially common in ceramics made in the Third World.) • Imported food in cans made with lead solder • Old furniture, playground equipment, and toys painted with lead-based paint(Have them repainted if you suspect the paint is old.) • Lead fishing weights Occasionally lead pops up in unexpected places. In 1996 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discovered that some imported vinyl mini-blinds contained lead that had been added to stabilize the plastic. Government tests showed that some of these blinds produced lead dust in dangerous amounts, and the blinds were withdrawn from the market. If your home contains non-glossy vinyl mini-blinds from 1996 or earlier, you should think about replacing them. To stay abreast of new lead poisoning hazards, check the list of alerts maintained online by the National Safety Council. One physician we spoke to reported an incident in which infants developed lead poisoning because the family stored the water they used for formula in a samovar, a metal vessel their grandmother had brought from Iran. Lead in the samovar had leached into the water. And recently a researcher at the University of Michigan discovered that some candles with metal-cored wicks put unsafe amounts of lead into the air when you burn them, so stick to candles with paper or cotton wicks. People with certain jobs and hobbies can inadvertently bring lead residue back home on their hands and clothing. If you work with stained glass or pottery, refinish furniture, or visit indoor shooting ranges, be sure to change your clothes and wash your hands before returning home. Fortunately, acute lead poisoning is rare. If you're aware of the lead sources mentioned here and take appropriate precautions, the chances of your child developing a serious case of lead poisoning are quite low.The most likely exceptions would be instances where you're unknowingly giving your child doses of lead. Certain folk remedies from Latin America intended to treat intestinal or stomach ailments contain more than 50 percent lead. Two of the most common are greta and azarcon, which are typically sold in powder form and may contain enough lead to be deadly. Some Asian herbal remedies, so-called patent medicines, have also been found to contain unacceptable levels of lead. Never give your baby any remedies without first checking with your pediatrician. What are the possible health consequences of lead poisoning? If your child has been exposed to low levels of lead — say from the paint in your house — it can take a while for symptoms to become apparent. They may include headaches, appetite loss, impaired hearing, hyperactivity, and learning disabilities. If the problem is not identified and the source of lead removed, it can eventually lead to slowed growth and damage to the brain and nervous system. There is some evidence that if your child has significantly elevated levels of lead in his blood for a long period of time, it can lower his IQ by a few points. But no one has yet proved that a short period of elevated blood lead levels leads to any permanent health effects. Acute lead poisoning is rare, but can cause vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, weakness in the limbs, seizures, coma, and death. There is no designated number at which blood lead levels are considered acute, but unless your child manages to ingest a lot of lead all at once, you should be able to notice other symptoms before he reaches the acute level. If my baby does have too much lead in his blood, what kind of treatment will he need? In most cases of chronic lead poisoning, doctors don't recommend any specific medical treatment. The key is to identify and remove the source of the lead. Once your baby's exposure to lead is ended, his body will slowly rid itself of lead. If the level of lead in your child's blood is very high, your doctor may recommend a treatment called chelation therapy, in which he gives your child a chemical that binds to the lead and helps the body pass it in the urine more rapidly. This therapy used to require a hospital stay of five days while the chemical was administered intravenously, but now doctors can give it orally instead. This treatment is used only in the most severe cases of lead poisoning and is rarely necessary in children. How can I protect my baby from lead? The most important thing you can do to protect your baby from lead is to make sure he's tested for it at his well-baby visits if your doctor thinks he's at risk for exposure. Perhaps the next most important action is to make sure he has a healthy diet. When your child has plenty of calcium and iron in his diet, his body will be less likely to absorb lead, even if he is exposed to it.You'll also want to find out whether you have sources of lead in or around your house. If you can answer yes to any of the following three questions, you should consider having an expert test your home or yard for lead. • Do you live near a freeway or a lead-heavy industry such as battery recycling or lead smelting? • Was your house built before 1978? • Do you have plumbing that includes lead pipes, or copper pipes that have been joined with lead solder? If you decide to test your house, yard, or water for lead, have a professional do the job. Although you can buy do-it-yourself home lead testing kits, studies have shown that these kits are not always accurate. Your state or local health department may perform lead testing, and may do it for free. At the very least, they'll be able to refer you to a qualified professional. What can I do to protect my baby from lead in the dirt around my house? If you want to put your baby down outside, put him down on a heavy blanket, even if you have a good, grassy lawn. Also, remember to wipe dirt off your shoes or to remove them before entering your house. What can I do if I have lead in my pipes? Even if you have lead pipes, you don't necessarily have to replace your plumbing. Just be sure to use only cold water for cooking, drinking, or making baby formula. Hot water leaches lead from plumbing more effectively, so it will have a higher lead content than cold water. Most experts recommend letting the cold water run for a couple of minutes when you get up in the morning, and any other time when no one's run the water for a few hours. This flushes out the water that has been sitting in the pipes accumulating lead. You might also consider purchasing a filter certified for lead removal. Avoid filters that ionize water, as they make water even better at leaching lead. What should I do if I have lead in my house paint? You can have it removed, but remember that this process will put a lot of lead dust into the air in your home, which could be more of a hazard than leaving it alone. Some experts recommend delaying the removal of lead-based paint until your children are older and less susceptible to its effects. If you do decide to remove lead paint, have the work done by a professional certified by the Environmental Protection Agency. To be safe, pregnant women and young children should stay elsewhere until the work is done. If this isn't possible,then the workers should do one section of the house at a time and seal off their work areas from the rest of the house and yard. If the paint is in pretty good condition and you decide to leave it alone, remember to periodically wipe any dust off painted surfaces with a damp disposable cloth. ------end------ > > At 08:18 AM 12/4/00 +0700, you wrote: > >Hai neters sekalian, > > > >Saya punya temen yang tengah mengandung kurang > lebih 6 bulan. Beberapa > hari yang lalu kamar nya di cat ulang , otomatis > ruangan jadi berbau cat. > >Yang ingin saya tanyakan, apakah eda efek negatif > dari ruangan yang berbau > cat baik untuk ibunya atau bayi yang ada dalam > kandungannya. > >Tolong informasinya dong , kalo' ada yang pernah > punya pengalaman. > >Makasih sebelumnya ya. > > > >wasalam > >Ambar __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ >>>> 2.5 Mbps InternetShop >> InternetZone << Margonda Raya 340 <<<< >> Cake, parcel lebaran & bunga2 Natal? 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