Our Experienced Attorneys Have Collected Over $100 Million for Children Who Were Lead Poisoned

Lead is a ubiquitous environmental toxin found in paint, water, soil, dust, and even some consumer products. Exposure to lead can cause harm throughout the body and has been linked to a broad range of neurological, circulatory, hematological, gastrointestinal, reproductive, and immunological symptoms. While lead poisoning can cause acute and chronic illness in individuals of all ages, children are particularly sensitive to its devastating effects, even at levels of exposure once considered too low to cause serious harm.

In fact, where young children are concerned, the CDC now maintains that there is no safe level of lead exposure. Children's developing organs and bones absorb lead more readily than do adults', and lead's propensity to interfere with cognitive development during critical stages of growth can result in permanent brain damage. Ultimately, children poisoned by lead can suffer developmental delays, lowered IQ, depression, and loss of educational and professional opportunity. Moreover, lead taken up by a child's skeleton can be rereleased throughout his or her lifetime, contributing to increased risk of cancer, stroke, anemia, impaired kidney function, reduced life span, and diminished quality of life.

SOURCE: CDC NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, Educational Interventions for Children Affected by Lead

There is no cure for lead poisoning. Chelation can limit the effect of lead poisoning by removing the toxin from the body more rapidly, but does not correct damage already done. The severe and permanent effects of childhood lead poisoning increase the importance of preventing, detecting, and curtailing exposure, and of intervening early and often to help lead poisoned children overcome their disabilities. Childhood lead exposure can necessitate a lifetime of educational, emotional, and occupational support, and pursuing your child's legal claim can be a critical step in securing the resources necessary to facilitate that support.

The lead poisoning attorneys at Levy Konigsberg LLP have decades of experience helping lead-poisoned children. If you or your child has been exposed, please call us at 1-800-475-2881 or complete the form on this webpage to see if you have a case.