Notes From the Field: Childhood Lead Poisoning Associated With Turmeric Spices - Las Vegas, 2019
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-12-2021
Publication Title
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Volume
70
Issue
45
First page number:
1584
Last page number:
1585
Abstract
In March 2019, the Office of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance of the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) was contacted by a local pediatrician regarding a developmentally normal boy aged 2 years (child A) with a high venous blood lead level (BLL) of 48 μg/dL (reference range <5 μg/dL) obtained during a routine well-child visit.* The pediatrician was not aware of any obvious source of lead exposure and also reported that child A’s cousin, a girl aged 9 months (child B), who lived in a different household, also had a high venous BLL of 11 μg/dL. The parents in both families had immigrated from Afghanistan; both children were born in the United States.
Controlled Subject
Lead poisoning in children; Nevada--Las Vegas; Epidemiology
Disciplines
Food Chemistry | Food Processing
Repository Citation
Kappel, M.,
Kraushaar, V.,
Mehretu, A.,
Slater, W.,
Marquez, E.
(2021).
Notes From the Field: Childhood Lead Poisoning Associated With Turmeric Spices - Las Vegas, 2019.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 70(45),
1584-1585.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/MMWR.MM7045A4