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  2. The FDA Set Guidelines for 'Acceptable' Levels of Lead in ...

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    On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that, for the first time, it is setting guidelines for an acceptable level of lead in processed baby food, including canned fruit ...

  3. What to know about lead in food amid the WanaBana recall ...

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    A nationwide recall of WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree linked to dozens of cases of lead poisoning has renewed concerns about the amount of lead in food.The Food and Drug Administration is ...

  4. Lead poisoning epidemics - Wikipedia

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    Lead poisoning epidemics refer to specific instances of mass lead poisoning. These events often occur without the knowledge of the communities they affect. Common causes of lead poisoning epidemics include mining, lead recycling, and food/water contamination. [1] These events also cause disproportionate childhood fatalities as children are more ...

  5. Do Stanley cups contain lead or pose a risk of lead poisoning ...

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    “Most people think of lead poisoning as a thing of the past, but lead is still all around us, often at dangerous enough levels to cause significant harm,” Jenna Forsyth, a research scientist ...

  6. Lead poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Lead may be found in food when food is grown in soil that is high in lead, airborne lead contaminates the crops, animals eat lead in their diet, or lead enters the food either from what it was stored or cooked in. [111] Ingestion of lead paint and batteries is also a route of exposure for livestock, which can subsequently affect humans. [112]

  7. List of food contamination incidents - Wikipedia

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    An "incident" of chemical food contamination may be defined as an episodic occurrence of adverse health effects in humans (or animals that might be consumed by humans) following high exposure to particular chemicals, or instances where episodically high concentrations of chemical hazards were detected in the food chain and traced back to a particular event.

  8. Stanley is being sued over lead in its cups: What to know ...

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    Symptoms of lead poisoning. According to Mayo Clinic, these are the most common symptoms of lead poisoning in adults: High blood pressure. Joint and muscle pain. Memory and concentration trouble ...

  9. Metal toxicity - Wikipedia

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    Lead poisoning, in contrast to arsenic poisoning, is inflicted by industry. Most lead on the planet is immobilized as minerals, which are relatively harmless. Two major sources of lead poisoning are leaded gasoline and lead leached from plumbing (from Latin, plumbus for lead). Use of leaded gasoline has declined precipitously since the 1970s.