lead poisoning
Noun
Meaning
toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
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Acute lead poisoning is treated using disodium calcium edetate: the calcium chelate of the disodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid ( EDTA ).
Both of her bills were heard Thursday in the Environment and Natural Resources Finance Committee without opposition, and the hearing included a visit from a bald eagle survivor of lead poisoning.
Finch, Hillyer & Leopold 2015, pp. 849–850 Regular imbibers of illegally distilled alcohol may be exposed to arsenic or lead poisoning the source of which is arsenic-contaminated lead used to solder the distilling apparatus.
Caravaggio is known to have indulged in violent behavior, as caused by lead poisoning.
He was undergoing a nervous breakdown and entering prolonged physical illness, It is not known why Goya became sick, theories range from polio to syphilis or lead poisoning.
At St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Dean spent the next three days getting chelation therapy, a treatment used in cases of severe lead poisoning.