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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 susceptible to lead poisoning than adults.
In the babies and toddlers who consumed the contaminated cinnamon apple pouches, blood lead levels ranged from 4 to 29 micrograms per deciliter, according to the CDC.
The Food and Drug Administration said there have been at least 90 confirmed reports of sickened people connected to lead-contaminated cinnamon applesauce pouches that were recalled last year.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Texas designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The number of children with lead poisoning potentially linked to tainted pouches of cinnamon apple puree and cinnamon applesauce has increased to 64, the Food and Drug Administration reported ...
The recalled WanaBana cinnamon applesauce pouches potentially linked to lead poisonings in hundreds of people across the US were likely contaminated by a single cinnamon processor in Ecuador.
The best by dates for the affected products range from April 30, 2009, through May 22, 2009. The contamination by the toxin is extremely rare for commercially canned products. CDC medical epidemiologist Dr. Michael Lynch said the last such U.S. case dates to the 1970s. The roughly 25 cases reported each year were mainly from home canned foods ...
The warning comes after the recall of lead-contaminated cinnamon applesauce pouches from the Florida-based company WanaBana USA. The CDC said that as of Feb. 23, ...