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A case of lead poisoning due to snooker chalk
P I Dargana, P H Evansb, I M Housea, A L Jonesa
a Medical Toxicology
Unit, Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Trust, Avonley Road, London SE14
5ER, UK, b St Leonard's Medical Practice, 34 Denmark Road,
Exeter, Devon EX1 1SF, UK
Correspondence to: Dr Dargan email: paul.dargan{at}gstt.sthames.nhs.uk
Accepted 10 May 2000
A 3 year, 9 month old child with pica presented with a blood
lead concentration of 1.74 µmol/l (360 µg/l). The source of
poisoning was snooker chalk (lead content 7200 µg/g). She was
treated with intravenous calcium disodium edetate chelation. Thirty
months later her blood lead was 0.39 µmol/l (80 µg/l). This case
illustrates the need to be vigilant for more unusual causes of lead
poisoning in the home.
Keywords: lead poisoning; chelation treatment
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