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. 2017 May/Jun;132(3):289-293.
doi: 10.1177/0033354917700109. Epub 2017 Mar 30.

Ground Turmeric as a Source of Lead Exposure in the United States

Whitney Cowell  1 , Thomas Ireland  2 , Donna Vorhees  1 , Wendy Heiger-Bernays  1
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Ground Turmeric as a Source of Lead Exposure in the United States

Whitney Cowell et al. Public Health Rep. 2017 May/Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: lead (pb); spices; turmeric.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Lead concentration (ppm = 1000 × ng [lead] / g [turmeric]) in 32 turmeric samples purchased in the Boston metropolitan area, 2011 and 2012. The percentages indicate the estimated bioaccessibility (ie, fraction that can be absorbed by the human gastrointestinal tract) of 10 samples; not all samples were tested for bioaccessibility. Bioaccessibility was calculated following the formula outlined in the US Environmental Protection Agency Simple Bioaccessibility Extraction Test (SBET) protocol. Asterisks indicate that 2 samples were the same brand.
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