Sources of Lead

• Old paint/varnishes
• Cultural medicines
  • Greta, azarcon, and paylooah
• Cosmetics
  • Surma and kohl
• Plastic mini blinds
• Pool cue chalk
• Crayons (made in China)
• Solder (electrical)
• Solder (plumbing)
• Lead pipes
• Food stored in cans with lead solder
• Food grown in soils high in lead
• Plastic coatings on electrical wire
• Keys (brass)
• Plumbing fixtures (brass)
• Lead shot/bullets, gun cleaning
• Fishing sinkers
• Batteries
• Candles (metal wicks)
• Soil
• House dust
• Painted kitchen utensils
• Old toys (lead paint)
• Antique dolls
• Burning lead-painted wood
• Curtain weights
• Bathtub glazes
• Leaded crystal glassware
• Imported ceramic/pottery dishes (glaze)
• Colored inks (comics)
• Colored foil seals on wine bottles
• Candy wrappers (ink)
• Tamarindo jam pots (glaze)
• Foreign orphanages
• Jewelry (ceramic and/or metal)
• Hobbies (stained glass, ceramics, artist paints)
• Baby powders (containing zinc oxide)