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. 2002 May;53(5):451–458. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2002.01580.x

Table 2.

Sources of exposure to lead.

Occupational Environmental
Smelting or refining lead Lead paint/pigments
Battery manufacture Lead piping
Plastics manufacture Leaded petrol
Housing renovation Ceramic lead glaze
Lead crystal
Recreational Other
Model soldier making Alternative medicines
Home jewellery making (especially Indian)
Indoor range firearm use Gunshot wounds
Ingestion of moonshine whisky Mobilization of bone in
Petrol sniffing  hyperthyroidism
Eye shadow/cosmetics from less developed countries