Lead Free for You & Your Family! poster

Lead is a heavy metal commonly used in gun ammunition and occasionally in solder to repair maple syrup equipment. Lead exposure in children can cause brain and kidney damage and lifelong impacts such as learning problems. In adults, health implications, such as high blood pressure, infertility, and increased risk of miscarriage. According to the CDC, there is no safe blood lead level. Follow the steps below to help keep lead out of food.