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Childhood lead poisoning in 2 families associated with spices used in food preparation [1]

Although most cases of childhood lead poisoning are caused by contaminated paint and dust in older homes, a variety of unusual sources of lead exposure are occasionally found. We report here 2 families whose children were poisoned by lead-contaminated spices that were purchased in foreign countries, brought to the United States, and then used in the preparation of the family

Publication Date: 
01/08/2005
Alan D. Woolf [2], Nicholas T. Woolf [3]
Pediatrics [4]
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Tags:
Spices [5], Food Contamination [6], Lead [7], Health [8], Child Health [9], Food Safety [10], Georgia [11], United States Of America (US) [12], India [13]
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