Directions: Please write on the blank T if the statement is true, and F and the correct word(s)if the statement is false to make the statement true.
1. Even low levels of exposure to lead can cause long-term effects on learning and behavior in children._______
2. Only poor or minority populations are in danger of becoming lead-poisoned, especially those in developing countries. _______
3. Inadequate parental supervision is to blame for the poisoning of poor children. _______
4. Children are far more likely to be poisoned by the ingestion of dust from lead-based paint than by eating paint chips._______
5. A successful prevention strategy relies on an interagency, interdisciplinary approach.________
6. Lead prevention is expensive and unaffordable._______
7. Lead poisoning will be eliminated when existing sources of lead are eliminated._________
8. Children under the age of six years are not most susceptible to the harmful effects of lead because their brain/neurological systems are still developing. ___________
9. The widespread dispersion of lead do not put all populations at risk. ________
10. Most Cases of lead poisoning go undetected because at lower but still harmful levels only a small percentage of children display obvious symptoms. _________
Answers to Pre-Post Test
1. T, 2. F, No; lead poisoning crosses all racial, geographic, and socioeconomic boundaries, 3. F; Lead, rather than parental behavior, is the case of poisonings. 4. T, 5. T, 6. F; setting priorities and targeting resources make the cost of prevention manageable, 7. T, 8. T, 9. F; The widespread dispersion of lead do put all populations at risk. 10. T