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Indian spices, sindoor contain lead, claims Harvard study Updated - 17/3/2010 - indianexpress.
Young children who regularly ingest Indian spices and ceremonial powders like vermilion, or sindoor, may be exposed to lead, a dangerous neurotoxin, an American study has claimed.
The research, published in the latest issue of journal Pediatrics, was conducted after several reports of lead poisoning in Indian children in Boston area were linked to consumption of Indian spices, said the report. Though the levels are below the European Union’s acceptable threshold of two to three mcg/g of lead, the authors of the study said the presence of lead in these products, regardless of the amount, is a reason for concern as they could potentially add to exposure from other sources of the neurotoxin in a child’s environment.
www.indianexpress.com/news/indian-spices-sindoor-contain-lead-claims-harvard-study/591748/
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