Visual Culture and Health Posters

Title:: Could Lead Be Poisoning Your Child?

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Description:

Childhood lead poisoning is still considered the most preventable environmental disease of young children. In 2002, an estimated 890,000 U.S. children had elevated blood lead levels. This poster from the Vermont Department of Health in the 1990s identifies one of the most insidious features of child lead poisoning--often times it is undetectable until damage has already been done. Featuring an illustration of an apparently healthy and happy child playing with a toy truck, the tension between the image and text reflects the illusory nature of lead poisoning itself. As the viewer might think the poster is about a healthy child, so might the parent think his or her child is healthy, based on appearances. The message is that in each case the child may be sick without any external symptoms. A simple blood test is promoted in order to prevent a lifetime spoiled by the irreversible damage caused by lead poisoning.

Number of Image Pages:

1 (683,250 Bytes)

Date Supplied:

ca. 1995

Creator:

Vermont Department of Health

Source:

Original Repository: The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection.

This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).

URL: http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/

IHM Order Number: C00269

Publisher:

Vermont Department of Health

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Vermont Department of Health.

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Lead Poisoning; Public Health

Visual Culture and Public Health Keywords:: Lead Poisoning

Exhibit Category:

Environmental Health

Unique Identifier:

VCBBCW

Document Type:

Posters

Slides (photographs)

Language:

English

Format:

image/jpeg

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2004-02-02

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