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Sp605-B Preventing Lead Poisioning, Martha Keel, Janice Mccoy
Sp605-B Preventing Lead Poisioning, Martha Keel, Janice Mccoy
Environment (Indoor & Outdoor)
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Sp605-A What Do You Know About Lead Poisoning? Common Myths, Misunderstandings And The Facts, Martha Keel, Janice Mccoy
Sp605-A What Do You Know About Lead Poisoning? Common Myths, Misunderstandings And The Facts, Martha Keel, Janice Mccoy
Environment (Indoor & Outdoor)
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Sp605-P Lead Poisoning Can Hurt Your Child Bookmark, Martha Keel
Sp605-P Lead Poisoning Can Hurt Your Child Bookmark, Martha Keel
Environment (Indoor & Outdoor)
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Lead-Contaminated Candies In Southern Nevada, Shawn Gerstenberger, Glenn Savage, Clayton Sellers, Keith Zupnik, Emmanuel C. Gorospe
Lead-Contaminated Candies In Southern Nevada, Shawn Gerstenberger, Glenn Savage, Clayton Sellers, Keith Zupnik, Emmanuel C. Gorospe
Environmental & Occupational Health Faculty Publications
Lead-contaminated candies from Latin America are beginning to gain attention in the public media1,2 and in the medical literature.3–5 These candies come from a number of sources and are manufactured outside Food and Drug Administration regulatory control. In 2005, we sampled 50 imported Latin American candies sold in Southern Nevada. A total of 20 (40%) tested positive with an average lead content of 1.46 0.27 mg/kg in the candies’ wrappers and straws, based on standard Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry methodology. Given these results, the Southern Nevada Health District issued a cease-and-desist order on February 13, 2006, to local …