Lead exposure during breastfeeding

J Choi, T Tanaka, G Koren, S Ito - Canadian Family Physician, 2008 - cfp.ca
QUESTION Owing to the recent concerns of lead (Pb) leaking into tap water, one of our
female patients is concerned about the effects of Pb exposure to newborns while …

Is lead in tap water still a public health problem? An observational study in Glasgow

GCM Watt, A Britton, WH Gilmour, MR Moore… - BMJ, 1996 - bmj.com
Objective: To assess the relation between tap water lead and maternal blood lead
concentrations and assess the exposure of infants to lead in tap water in a water supply area …

Higher infant blood lead levels with longer duration of breastfeeding

B Lozoff, E Jimenez, AW Wolf, ML Angelilli… - The Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether longer breastfeeding is associated with higher infant
lead concentrations. STUDY DESIGN: Data were analyzed from 3 studies of developmental …

Lead levels in the breast milk of nursing andean mothers living in a lead-contaminated environment

SA Counter, LH Buchanan, F Ortega… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Concentrations of lead (Pb) in breast milk (PbM) and blood (PbB) were measured in a
current cohort of lactating mothers living in Andean communities where women of …

Lead concentration in breast milk of nursing mothers living in Riyadh

B Younes, AA Al-Meshari, A Al-Hakeem… - Annals of Saudi …, 1995 - annsaudimed.net
Lead poisoning has proven to be one of the most difficult environmental health problems.
Part of this difficulty is based on the lack of distinctive manifestations at an early phase in the …

Maternal blood, plasma, and breast milk lead: lactational transfer and contribution to infant exposure

AS Ettinger, A Roy, CJ Amarasiriwardena… - Environmental …, 2014 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Human milk is a potential source of lead exposure. Yet lactational transfer of
lead from maternal blood into breast milk and its contribution to infant lead burden remains …

Exposure to lead and mercury through breastfeeding during the first month of life: A CHECK cohort study

Y Park, A Lee, K Choi, HJ Kim, JJ Lee, G Choi… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mercury and lead are naturally occurring toxicants and are responsible for various health
issues including neurobehavioral and developmental disorders. Because of crucial …

Effect of breast milk lead on infant blood lead levels at 1 month of age

AS Ettinger, MM Téllez-Rojo… - Environmental …, 2004 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Nursing infants may be exposed to lead from breast milk, but relatively few data exist with
which to evaluate and quantify this relationship. This route of exposure constitutes a …

[PDF][PDF] New findings on sources and biokinetics of lead in human breast milk: bone lead can target both nursing infant and fetus.

P Mushak - Environmental health perspectives, 1998 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
This issue of Environmental Health Perspectives includes the latest research installment in a
series of recent findings by Gulson and co-workers on the quantitative and temporal aspects …

Lead hazards for pregnant women and children: part 2: more can still be done to reduce the chance of exposure to lead in at-risk populations.

LM Cleveland, ML Minter, KA Cobb… - AJN The American …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Overview: In the United States the risk of lead exposure is far higher among poor, urban, and
immigrant populations than among other groups. And even slightly elevated blood lead …