Electric Kettles as a Source of Human Lead Exposure
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Archives of environmental health
- Vol. 33 (2) , 72-78
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1978.10667312
Abstract
Five hundred and seventy-four households in Ottawa were surveyed to evaluate water boiled in electric kettles as a source of lead exposure. Samples of boiled water exceeded the World Health Organization mandatory limit for drinking water (50 μg/l) in 42.5% of the households. Excessive lead concentrations were observed in 62.8% of water samples from kettles more than 5 years old. Multiple regression analysis indicated that age, sex, and cigarette smoking habits, but not lead concentration in boiled water, nor weekly consumption of boiled water were significantly associated with blood-lead concentration. Lead exposure from electric kettles may be a significant problem only in infants receiving formula prepared with boiled water.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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