Seventeen years of adult blood lead surveillance data (37,694 individuals and 71,622 total tests) reveal a Wisconsin success story. While lead continues to be widely used, most Wisconsin industries have made substantial strides toward reducing occupational lead exposure. The improvement is reflected in the reduced number of blood lead levels >40 microg/dL. In 2005 only a single adult blood lead...

Post mortem data from 366 dead swans recovered from the wild between 1951 and 1989 were examined. The main causes o f death were flying accidents ( accounting for 22% o f adult deaths and 23% o f juveniles), lead poisoning (in 21% o f adults and 10% o f juveniles), trauma (in 8.4% o f adults, 8.7% o f juveniles and 30% o f Mute Swan downies), tuberculosis (6.0% o f adults and 1.0% o f juven ile...

OBJECTIVE Constipation is a major debilitating problem in children. We aimed to assess the serum lead levels of 2-13 year-old children complaining from constipation who referred to our center in Guilan province, Northern Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was done on ninety 2-13 year-old children referring to 17(th) Shahrivar Hospital, complaining from constipation (case group) and 90 h...

An aerosol of CaNa2E.D.T.A. ("mosatil") has been administered in hospital to two groups of five men who had been working on a lead smelter and exposed to lead in air concentrations of the order of 0*6 to 1-25 mg. of lead per m3. Five patients each inhaled 0-6 g. of CaNa2E.D.T.A. on seven successive days, and 2-4 g. on the ninth day. An average of 21P6 mg. of lead was excreted during the treatme...

Childhood lead poisoning is a preventable illness. In the past 3 decades, removal of key lead sources and prevention of exposure in the United States have led to dramatic decreases in population blood lead concentrations and also in instances of severe lead poisoning requiring treatment. From an international perspective, childhood lead poisoning seems to be of greatest concern in developing co...

In this month's issue, investigators Charles V. Shorten and Marijane K. Hooven of West Chester University in Pennsylvania report on a method that may give a more realistic measure of the exposure of preschool children to lead-contaminated dust [EHP 108:663-666]. Shorten and Hooven set out to assess the relationship between 168 preschool children attending Philadelphia Head Start programs and va...

A clinical trial of oral calcium disodium versenate (E.D.T.A.) in eight lead workers is described. A short course of versenate given while the men continued at work produced no side-effects. Complete overhaul of the processes and protective devices was made in the factory. Clinical, biochemical, and haematological improvement followed the removal of up to 250 mg. lead in each case. The mode of ...

Blood lead concentrations were measured in 62 Asian children, of whom 37 had definitely had surma applied to their eyes and 25 were thought not to have done. The mean concentration in those who had not used surma was 0-98± SD 0-42 tumol/l (20-3±8-7 ,ug/100 ml) compared with 1-65±0-68 imol/l (34-2±14-1 Ctg/100 ml) in those who had. Analysis of 29 different samples of surma showed 23 of them to b...

Background: Opium is a new source of lead and considered as a cause of lead poisoning. As anemia and lead poisoning affect growth and behavior negatively, their timely prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are essential. The aim of thi study is evaluation of the prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency anemia, and lead poisoning in children with opioid toxicity. Materials and Methods: In this cr...

background: lead is a toxic element which causes acute, subacute or chronic poisoning through environmental and occupational exposure. the aim of this study was to investigate clinical and laboratory abnormalities of chronic lead poisoning among workers of a car battery industry. methods: questionnaires and forms were designed and used to record demographic data, past medical histories and clin...