Lead poisoning associated with use of traditional ethnic remedies--California, 1991-1992.
Exposure to lead-based paint is the leading cause of high-dose lead exposure among children in the United States. However, previous reports have documented childhood lead poisoning related to the use of traditional ethnic remedies (1-4), and such exposures may not be considered routinely. This article describes a case report of lead poisoning resulting from use of a traditional ethnic remedy and summarizes the identification of this problem as a result of lead poisoning surveillance in California from December 1991 through December 1992.
D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D017058:Mexican Americans