(GasBuddy) â Hard to believe, but the national average price of gas was more than $1 per gal. higher at the start of 2014 ($3.29) than it was on the last day of the year. On Jan. 1, 2014, WTI crude oil was trading at $98 per barrel and gas below $3 was found in just a handful of states.GasBuddy) â Hard to believe, but the national average price of gas was more than $1 per gal. higher at the start of 2014 ($3.29) than it was on the last day of the year. On Jan. 1, 2014, WTI crude oil was trading at $98 per barrel and gas below $3 was found in just a handful of states.
Most industrial exposure is from breathing inorganic lead dust and fumes. Eating, drinking and smoking on the work site or carelessly handling contaminated objects can result in unintentional exposure to lead. Once it enters the body, lead is stored in three places: the blood, body organs and bones.
Health Effects of Exposure to Lead. Lead has no known function in the human body. Infants and children are most sensitive to the harmful effects of lead because they are undergoing a period of rapid development and they absorb lead more easily and excrete it less efficiently than adults.