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Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Berkeley, Calif., health officers warn that brightly colored, inexpensive Oriental dishware like chop suey bowls may leach lead from pigments or glazes when contacting acidic foods, potentially causing poisoning. Doctors advised to monitor for unexplained intestinal or nerve illnesses.
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Give Off Lead Poisoning
BERKELEY, Calif., (AP) Do you have any brightly colored, inexpensive Oriental dishware such as chop suey bowls or other food containers?
If so, and if you acquired them within the past two years, maybe you should give them the vinegar test for poison lead, two Berkeley city health officers said yesterday.
Some, but not all, of these dishes give off lead from their color pigments or even from their glazed surfaces when they come into contact with acid food, the health workers said.
This dissolved lead can become a source of poisoning.
They have advised doctors and health workers generally to be on the alert for lead poisoning in cases where the cause of vague intestinal or nerve illness is not apparent.
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Berkeley, Calif.
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Yesterday
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potential lead poisoning from dissolved lead in acidic foods; advised doctors and health workers to be alert for vague intestinal or nerve illnesses
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Two Berkeley city health officers recommend vinegar test for brightly colored, inexpensive Oriental dishware like chop suey bowls acquired within past two years, as some may give off lead from color pigments or glazed surfaces when contacting acid food.