Sentence examples for quantity of lead from inspiring English sources
The glass of the cathode ray tubes that Harrell disassembled every day for almost a year contained a huge quantity of lead -- a potent toxin that, if inhaled or ingested, can damage developing brains and organs, and harm adults' reproductive and renal systems.
On each successive day, the average quantity of lead ingested by the birds would, if it was all absorbed immediately, increase the average concentration of lead in the blood by an amount m, which we call the mean daily blood lead increment.
This pattern was observed in weanling rats exposed to lead steadily through drinking water or dosed orally with an equivalent quantity of lead once per week.
The quantity of lead absorbed from a typical urban atmosphere (Pb concentration = 1 2 μg/m) has been shown by our isotopic data and balance studies to be 15±3 μg/day.
For starters, DNA testing showed his hair contained huge quantities of lead -- more than 100 times the normal average -- leading experts to believe he probably had lead poisoning.
Vast quantities of lead paint were removed.
When the houses were built for workers at the nearby railyards, pipes and paint contained large quantities of lead.
The change could not help those who had lead in their bodies, but it sounded an alarm that even infinitesimal quantities of lead could be dangerous.
But only since the 1970s have scientists been aware that relatively small quantities of lead in the bloodstream can be harmful to humans.
Anthracite coal used to be mined in the county, but mining is now limited to small quantities of lead, zinc, and copper.
