Lead poisoning of a 9-month-old baby girl in Manchester, Connecticut, last fall has been traced back to an unexpected source—a metal bracelet. Routine screening revealed that the baby had normocytic anemia and a blood lead level of 41 μg/dL—8 times the normal limit.

The infant was cared for only at her home, built in 1926. Two interior window wells in the house were found to have peeling lead-based paint, but given their inaccessibility and normal blood lead levels in the infant’s 3 older siblings, investigators concluded that this was not the likely source of the poisoning.

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“治疗手链”造成伤害

去年秋天，康涅狄格州曼彻斯特的一个9个月大女婴铅中毒的原因可追溯到一个意外的来源-金属手镯。例行筛查发现该婴儿患有正常性贫血，血铅水平为正常水平的8倍，为41μg/ dL。

该婴儿仅在建于1926年的家中受到照料。该房屋的两个内部窗户井发现有剥落的铅基油漆，但鉴于婴儿的3个大姐姐无法接近和正常的血铅水平，研究人员得出结论：这不是中毒的可能来源。