tion of practitioners to the prevalence of lead poisoning in this country. I do not propose to discuss its symptomatology or treatment as these are fully dealt with in all the standard textbooks, but I wish to warn practitioners of the necessity of keeping this disease in mind. It must be the common experience of those of us who handle many outpatients to meet a large number of cases which defy...

Lead poisoning has infrequently resulted from gunshot wounds with retained lead particles in adults. This has not been previously found in children. The case of an 8-year-old boy in whom lead poisoning developed soon after a gunshot wound is reported. The child had no symptoms directly related to lead poisoning, but he received chelation therapy. The case demonstrates the need to consider lead ...

Beginning in the 1890s, physicians in Queensland began reporting cases of lead poisoning in children. Lead poisoning up until that time-and for a long time after-was primarily an occupational disease, and the appearance of plumbism in children was therefore unusual, to say the least. As John Thearle has pointed out, the specific local events that brought Queensland physicians to interest themse...

BACKGROUND Lead poisoning is a common environmental health hazard in developing countries. Incidences of lead poisoning are seen in all age groups, especially in adults working in lead-based industries, where many still remain unaware of the adverse effects of exposure to unusually high levels of lead. METHODS We report the case of an adult battery worker, who initially received symptomatic t...

During December 1983 and early January 1984, about 200 Canada geese (Branta canadensis) died of lead poisoning at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island, Massachusetts. In an effort to determine the source of lead, 100 bottom samples were taken from a refuge impoundment where much of the mortality/morbidity occurred. An average of 157,150 pellets/ha was found with a range of 64,58...

In October 1991, the Centers for Disease Control issued new recommendations lowering the acceptable blood lead level. This change was based on data indicating that irreversible adverse neurodevelopmental effects occur in children with chronic low-level exposure to lead. The primary source of lead poisoning is still lead-based paint, particularly in older urban housing. Other sources of lead poi...

Autism is a developmental disorder that impairs both nonverbal and verbal communication and reciprocal social interactions and is seen in association with an abnormally restricted range of interests. Although symptoms typically develop without clear etiological cause, some cases are associated with disorders or conditions that negatively impact brain development. Lead is a neurotoxin to which t...

proventriculus-gizzard contents. Most pellets were irregular in shape and in various stages of erosion, There was no apparent correlation between body weight and the amount of lead shot per bird. Liver discoloration was a remarkable gross finding. The entire liver parenchyma was uniformly colored dark green. Bile-colored viscous fluid oQzed from the cut surface of the liver, There was moderate-...