Abstract
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.
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