2020
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07848
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Distinguishing between Natural and Industrial Lead in Consumer Products and Other Environmental Matrices

Abstract: California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) was designed to protect the state's populace from exposures to toxic levels of chemicals in consumer products, including foods, by requiring businesses to warn the public about any of those hazards. There is, however, one qualification in the legislation, which is that warnings are not required if the source of that contamination is natural, as opposed to industrial. That qualification is especially problematic for lead because… Show more

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“…Anthropogenic mining, smelting, manufacturing, and commercial activities have redistributed massive quantities of industrial lead (Pb) into the Earth’s total ecology [ 30 , 31 ]. First, conducting measurements of anthropogenic Pb uncovers important practical matters.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Anthropogenic mining, smelting, manufacturing, and commercial activities have redistributed massive quantities of industrial lead (Pb) into the Earth’s total ecology [ 30 , 31 ]. First, conducting measurements of anthropogenic Pb uncovers important practical matters.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%