Baby Ming is learning to crawl. He also likes to pull himself onto window sills, gnawing on the painted wood of his century-old home as he looks out the windows. Lately his mother, an anatomy and physiology student, has noticed some odd behavior and took Ming to the pediatrician. Blood work determined that Ming had a high level of lead in his blood, ingested from the old leaded paint on the window sill. The doctor indicated that lead poisoning is a type of demyelination disorder. Why should Ming's mother be concerned?

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