Lead remains a significant hazard to the health of American children.’3 Virtually all children in the United States are exposed to lead that has been dispersed in air, dust, and soil by the combustion of leaded gasoline. Several hundred thousand children, most of them living in older houses, are at risk of ingesting lead-based paint as well as leadbearing soil and house dust contaminated by the...

Lead remains a significant hazard to the health of American children.’3 Virtually all children in the United States are exposed to lead that has been dispersed in air, dust, and soil by the combustion of leaded gasoline. Several hundred thousand children, most of them living in older houses, are at risk of ingesting lead-based paint as well as leadbearing soil and house dust contaminated by the...

Investigation of an outbreak of lead-poisoning in 121 Gurkha soldiers showed that this was due to the contamination of chilli powder (cayenne pepper), a constituent of curry powder, with lead chromate. Comprehensive systems of food sampling are needed in developing communities.

background: excess amounts of lead in serum may affect different organ systems and cause lead poisoning. this toxicity mostly happens in chronic and occupational settings. this report comprises the clinical presentation of an acute case of lead toxicity with a much uncommon source of poisoning: opium. case presentation: a 25 year old man was presented to us with abdominal pain, nausea and vomit...

BACKGROUND Tetraethyl lead was phased out of gasoline in Uganda in 2005. Recent mitigation of an important source of lead exposure suggests examination and re-evaluation of the prevalence of childhood lead poisoning in this country. Ongoing concerns persist about exposure from the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, the country's capital. OBJECTIVES We determined blood lead distributions among Kampa...

lead-based paint is an important cause of lead poisoning. this report describes our observation of excessive lead absorption among employees in a paint factory in which lead naphthenate and lead oxalate were used as drying agents in paint. in this study, blood levels of lead were compared between nineteen paint factory employees and twenty normal controls. the nineteen paint factory employees h...