Artist: Uwais Oka

Age: 8

School Name: Creative Einstein

Lead-safety Message: Lead toxicity is highly dangerous to betta fish, causing severe structural damage to their gills, blood chemistry alterations, and neurological failure. While bettas possess a specialized labyrinth organ allowing them to breathe atmospheric air, waterborne heavy metal exposure bypasses this defense, leading to systemic organ damage and death.

Description of Work: Coloured pencil drawing. Lead-Safety Message from Toxic effects of lead exposure on bioaccumulation, oxidative stress, neurotoxicity, and immune responses in fish: A review (Lee et al 2019).