Lead in albacore: guide to lead pollution in Americans
Journal Article
·
· Science; (United States)
Research report: The magnitude of lead contamination in canned tuna is used to explain the difference between the lead concentration in the diets of present-day U.S. consumers (0.2 ppm) and that in the diets of prehistoric peoples (/sup 1/m ls /sup 1/x0.002 ppm). It is also used to illustrate how skeletal concentrations of lead in typical Americans became elevated 500-fold above the natural concentrations measured in bones of Peruvians who lived in an unpolluted environment 1800 years ago. An unrecognized form of poisoning caused by this excessive exposure to lead may affect most U.S. consumers. (3 drawings, 59 references, 3 tables)
- Research Organization:
- California Inst of Technology
- OSTI ID:
- 6721808
- Journal Information:
- Science; (United States), Vol. 207:4436
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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