Metal Report

Lead (Pb) Metal Report

By Rio, Juliet, and Nora

Lead occurs in the environment naturally, but most lead concentrations that are found in the environment are a result of human activities. An unnatural lead-cycle has consisted due to the application of lead in gasoline, which is an unnatural lead-cycle that has consisted. Lead comes from South East Missouri.  

Lead consumption causes a disease known as lead poisoning in which can make a human being crazy or mad. Lead had been found in pencils and pipes, but had to me changed due to this disease. 

Lead was used in ammunition, ceramic glazes, burial vault liners, leaded glass, crystal, paints as well as other protective coatings such as pewter, and water pipes and lines. 

Lead was used in Roman times in pipes, causing lead poisoning. It was also used in pencils, but had been replaced by granite (due to younger kids chewing on their pencils).


Amount of production/abundance: 520,000,000. 

Today, New York is being persuaded to adopt stricter standards for removing lead paint from tens of thousands of old buildings: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/l/lead/index.html