Oral chelation for environmental lead toxicity
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 7-Oct-2014 Treatment with dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA), an oral chelation agent, was linked to reductions in the amount of lead in blood in young children in Zamfara State,…
Can your make-up harm your IQ? How 55per cent of lipstick contains traces of lead – and it could affect mental health
By Sadie Whitelocks PUBLISHED: 11:06 EST, 3 December 2012 | UPDATED: 11:16 EST, 3 December 2012 A study involving 22 brands of lipstick found that 55per cent contained trace amounts…
Children’s pirate Halloween costumes from China seized for having lead levels ELEVEN times the legal limit
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED:16:56 EST, 16 October 2012| UPDATED:17:10 EST, 16 October 2012 Tainted threads: Two shipments of girls' pirate costumes worth $10,000 were seized for having lead levels 11…
Researchers find high levels of toxic metals in herbal medicine products sold online / 75 percent claimed Good Manufacturing Practices
Public release date: 26-Aug-2008 Boston, MA--Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that one fifth of both U.S.-manufactured and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines purchased via the Internet contain…
Chronic lead poisoning from urban soils
Public release date: 19-Aug-2008 INDIANAPOLIS -- Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute…
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