Lead Poisoning From Cocktail Glasses

Natelson, Ethan A.; Fred, Herbert L.

doi:10.1001/jama.1976.03270230049032

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“…A second source is high lead content vessels and utensils used to prepare food or beverages for consumption. Exposure ranges from accidental poisoning from lead-glazed ceramic vessels to the deliberate use of lead containers for cooking, fermenting, or food storage (4,5).…”

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The Cultural Parameters of Lead Poisoning: A Medical Anthropologist's View of Intervention in Environmental Lead Exposure

Trotter¹

1990

Environmental Health Perspectives

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This article identifies four culturally shaped sources of lead exposure in human societies: modern and historic technological sources; food habits; culturally defined health beliefs; and beauty practices. Examples of these potential sources of lead poisoning are presented from current cultures. They include the use of lead-glazed cooking pottery in Mexican-American households; folk medical use of lead in Hispanic, Arabic, South Asian, Chinese, and Hmong communities; as well as the use of lead as a cosmetic in the Near East, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Four interacting cultural conditions that create barriers to the reduction of lead exposure and lead poisoning are identified and discussed. These are knowledge deficiencies, communication resistance, cultural reinterpretations, and incongruity of explanatory models.

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The Cultural Parameters of Lead Poisoning: A Medical Anthropologist's View of Intervention in Environmental Lead Exposure

Trotter¹

1990

Environmental Health Perspectives

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The Porphyria, Plumbism, Pottery Puzzle

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Labbé³

1982

JAMA

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Basophilic stippling of red blood cells: A nonspecific finding of multiple etiology

Cheson

Rom

Webber

1984

American J Industrial Med

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Basophilic stippling of red blood cells (BSC) has been noted in lead intoxication since 1899 and has been considered a classic laboratory sign of lead poisoning since that time. BSC are inclusions of aggregated ribosomes found only in the red blood cells and may be confused with siderotic (iron) granules. Heinz Bodies, or even reticulocytes. BSC are an inconstant finding in lead intoxication. In a review of peripheral blood smears from 1,000 consecutive internal medicine patients, we found BSC in 27%. These occurred in a variety of malignant, rheumatologic, hematologic, cardiovascular, and other diseases, frequently with an associated anemia. BSC may even be found in a small percentage of normal people; thus, it must be emphasized that BSC is a nonspecific finding. Furthermore, BSC has been replaced by blood lead (since the 1940s) and zinc protoporphyrin (since the 1970s) levels for biologic monitoring of lead-exposed workers.

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Lead Poisoning From Cocktail Glasses

Cited by 10 publications

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The Cultural Parameters of Lead Poisoning: A Medical Anthropologist's View of Intervention in Environmental Lead Exposure

The Cultural Parameters of Lead Poisoning: A Medical Anthropologist's View of Intervention in Environmental Lead Exposure

The Porphyria, Plumbism, Pottery Puzzle

Basophilic stippling of red blood cells: A nonspecific finding of multiple etiology

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