Hello, I hope you are having a wonderful morning. I am
writing my blog today on the IEUBK model. The IEUBK model is short for “The integrated
exposure uptake biokinetik. It is a model that is used to test for lead when it
has to deal with children. All of last
week we only focused on the model so I am thinking that this topic is very
important. Dr. Moss told us to download the model on Monday and I have been playing
around with it ever since. When I scroll and navigate through the model on my
laptop I notice that it is very easy to use. There is an easy version and an
advanced version when you first start it up. I chose the easy version because I
know I was not ready for advanced yet. Anyway, I was scrolling through the
model and it is pretty self-explanatory. There are tabs for pretty much
everything from soil to water to air. All you have to do is fill out numbers
and put them into the model and it runs and does all of the calculations for
you. Then at the end it presents you with graphs tables and data/ information
on the amount of lead in certain things. The model shows traces of lead in
children that are under seven years of age. Why lead? And why only children
under seven? I think they made a model for lead because lead is very deadly in
high amounts. It is also odorless colorless and tasteless. Lead is also found
in almost everything that we use. There are high amounts of lead in toys that
are made in china. I think the model is for people under seven years old
because when you are in an adolescent age range lead and other things are more
toxic because your body hasn’t been built up to them and you aren’t used to it.
Also you are smaller so smaller doses can have a larger impact. Another thing
that has to do with the age is that is the time when you are playing with toys.
Most of those toys are from overseas and contain high amounts of lead. This is
very bad and can be deadly because when you are at that adolescent age you tend
to put a lot more things in your mouth
when you are young you use your sense of taste like you would with sight
touch and hearing. So when you are really young and you see something interesting.
You are going to put it in your mouth too. This is very bad because that is the
easiest way for lead to get into your system and harm you. Kids don’t know that
this could be deadly so they keep doing it. They don’t understand the
consequences. We are going to be using this model in class all next week for a
project and I am excited to see and actually put this model to the test. To learn
more about the IEUBK model click on the links below, other than that, have a
wonderful rest of your day and thank you for reading.
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