Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2007
Publication Title
Public Health Reports
Volume
122
Issue
5
First page number:
572
Last page number:
572
Abstract
Lead-contaminated candies from Latin America are beginning to gain attention in the public media1,2 and in the medical literature.3–5 These candies come from a number of sources and are manufactured outside Food and Drug Administration regulatory control. In 2005, we sampled 50 imported Latin American candies sold in Southern Nevada. A total of 20 (40%) tested positive with an average lead content of 1.46 0.27 mg/kg in the candies’ wrappers and straws, based on standard Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry methodology. Given these results, the Southern Nevada Health District issued a cease-and-desist order on February 13, 2006, to local commercial establishments selling imported Latin American candies.
Keywords
Candy; Hazardous substances – Risk assessment; Latin America; Lead poisoning
Disciplines
Community-Based Research | Food Science | Medicine and Health | Public Health | Toxicology
Language
English
Publisher Citation
Gerstenberger, S. L., Savage, G., Sellers, C., Zupnik, K., & Gorospe, E. C. (2007). Lead-contaminated candies in southern Nevada. Public Health Reports, 122(5), 572.
Repository Citation
Gerstenberger, S.,
Savage, G.,
Sellers, C.,
Zupnik, K.,
Gorospe, E. C.
(2007).
Lead-Contaminated Candies in Southern Nevada.
Public Health Reports, 122(5),
572-572.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/env_occ_health_fac_articles/28
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