 | Lead in the Neighborhood
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| are in school. |  |
 | Ms. Marble, their teacher, says to the class, "There is something dangerous  |
in our  neighborhood. Do you know what it is? | |
Sherman, 
Henry, 
Agatha, and 
Elisa do not know.
| | Ms. Marble says, "We have lead in our neighborhood. There is lead in old  paint. There |
is lead in the  flakes from old paint.There is lead in the  dust from old paint." | |
 | Lead is bad for you if it gets inside your body," says the teacher. "It can make you sick. It can hurt your brain and make it hard for you to learn. But you can keep lead out of your body. I'll tell you how." |  |
