The Cookware Question in an Unexplained High Lead Test
When should cookware or foodware be considered during a clinical evaluation for possible lead exposure, and who may need blood lead testing?
Learn when cookware belongs in a lead-exposure investigation, who else may need blood testing, and what to do without assuming every metal pot is hazardous.
Quick answer
An unexplained high blood lead result should prompt a broad source investigation in which suspect cookware and foodware are considered, but exposure is confirmed and followed with blood testing rather than symptoms or appearance.
This guide answers
- An unexplained high blood lead result should prompt a broad source investigation in which suspect cookware and foodware are considered, but exposure is confirmed and followed with blood testing rather than symptoms or appearance.
References
- CDC — Lead prevention: Testing — cdc.gov
- CDC — Foods cosmetics medicines — cdc.gov
- FDA — Lead food foodwares and dietary supplements — fda.gov
- The effect of chelation on bone Pb stores in Pb poisoned children. — PubMed
- A review of lead exposure source attributional studies. — PubMed
- A review of lead exposure source attributional studies. — The Science of the total environment
- Evaluating metal cookware as a source of lead exposure. — Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
- Determinant Factors of Children's Blood Lead Levels in Java, Indonesia. — International journal of hygiene and environmental health
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