lead poisoning
noun
: chronic intoxication that is produced by the absorption of lead into the system and is characterized especially by fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite, anemia, a dark line along the gums, and muscular paralysis or weakness of limbs
called also saturnism
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While other parts of the federal government have expertise in responding to lead poisoning, multiple federal health officials said, none are specialized in the kinds of investigations and public health surveillance that the branch does.
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
And hundreds of workers at CDC’s Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice lost their jobs; the organization coordinated government response to an outbreak of lead poisoning in 2023 linked to cinnamon applesauce pouches.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
The grants are aimed at reducing childhood lead poisoning, improving air quality and mitigating health risks from extreme heat and wildfires, among other purposes.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Low-level lead poisoning remains pervasive in the U.S. and world populations despite decades of efforts to end the use of lead in infrastructure, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
And hundreds of workers at CDC’s Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice lost their jobs; the organization coordinated government response to an outbreak of lead poisoning in 2023 linked to cinnamon applesauce pouches.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
The grants are aimed at reducing childhood lead poisoning, improving air quality and mitigating health risks from extreme heat and wildfires, among other purposes.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Low-level lead poisoning remains pervasive in the U.S. and world populations despite decades of efforts to end the use of lead in infrastructure, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Lead poisoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lead%20poisoning. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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