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Lead poisoning

Lead poisoning (saturnism) occurs at the lead mines, enterprises, where produce the lead smelting, the manufacture of white lead, batteries, bullets, shot, at the printing and other industries. Poisoning occurs by inhalation of lead dust or vapors. There are household lead poisonings, with the use of jam or pickles stored in an earthenware dish, covered [...]

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Lead poisoning symptoms

Lead usually leads to chronic poisoning, as it can be kept in a tissue for a long-time, especially in the parenchymatous organs and bones. The common symptoms of lead poisoning: “lead” skin color, lead border at the gums, the change of blood (reticulocytosis more than 6-8%, basophilic stippling of red blood cells), increasing the stomas [...]

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