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When the human body takes in too much toxic lead, it can lead to lead poisoning causing symptoms like stomach ache, vomiting, fever and other more severe symptoms. Lead poisoning can happen from consuming products with very high concentration of lead or being exposed to lead in other external ways can also be very harmful.
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Lead exposure can damage in the prefrontal cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum. This can lead to various types of cognitive damage and neurological disorders, such as brain damage, mental retardation, behavioral problems, nerve damage, and possibly Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia.
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Lead is known to reduce fertility in men. It can lead to poor sperm health, low sperm count, alter men's hormones and impact fertility. Lead also impacts pregnant women for example it can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, and birth defects.
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Exposure to excessive lead can cause inducing oxidative stress and oxidative damage to cellular lipids. It is also known to cause damage to proteins and DNA and inflammatory markers in the liver.
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High levels of chronic lead exposure can lead to a type of progressive Chronic Kidney Disease called Lead nephropathy.
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Lead exposure can cause a reduction in decrease in blood hemoglobin. This happens because lead produces several enzymes critical to the synthesis of heme. Lead can also impact cell maturation and skeletal growth.
