The saturnismo is a disease to which little importance occurs and that is caused by the poisoning by lead, metal to which we are exposed all along.
The problem is that the integral health harms much, mainly the one of the children who get to absorb until a 50% of the atmospheric lead, whereas the adults absorb 20% approximately.
The most harmed by the poisoning with lead, they are the small fetuses developing, babies and children, who are themselves affected in their growth and development, still with minimum amounts of inhalation or ingestion.
At the present time there is much control on certain substances that contain lead, nevertheless, the existing amounts in the air and certain places near factories and works in construction, continue doing of the lead, one of the environmental polluting agents of more risk for the health.
The problem is that the lead is accumulated in the blood and other vital organs like the heart, the kidneys, the liver and the bones among others and it is not easy to eliminate it quickly, which is causing damages in its operation.
The elimination by means of tinkles it of the accumulated lead in brain, liver or kidneys, by means of a suitable treatment and a rich feeding in calcium, zinc and iron, can be gotten to eliminate between 4 and 6 months, if the person does not follow in contact with the metal. But when the lead becomes engraved in the bones, the time of elimination is until of 25 years.