Dietary intakes of lead and other metals: a study of young children from an urban population in the UK.
In a 7-day duplicate diet study of 97 pre-school age children from the Birmingham area, mean dietary lead intakes of 0.185 mg/week were found compared with values of 0.15 and 0.11 mg/week found from similar studies carried out previously elsewhere. Nine per cent of the children at Birmingham exceeded the current Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake for lead for the one week of study. None of these children however exceeded the DHSS advisory action level for lead in blood (25 micrograms/dl). Dietary intakes of other metals (cadmium, copper, iron, lead, nickel, tin and zinc) were generally similar to or less than those found from previous studies.
Smart
G A
GA
Food Science Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London, UK.
Sherlock
J C
JC
Norman
J A
JA
D001628:Beverages / Q000032:analysis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004326:Drinking; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D005504:Food Analysis; D005519:Food Preservation; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis
D008670:Metals; D007854:Lead