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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Factors like disparities in preterm birth and lead poisoning could be contributing to this gap, the report says.
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Paula Cohen, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2025
Yet less than $15 million a year has gone to lead poisoning in poor countries, a pittance in global terms.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Paula Cohen, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2025
Yet less than $15 million a year has gone to lead poisoning in poor countries, a pittance in global terms.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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“Lead poisoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lead%20poisoning. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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