0 an illness that happens when lead is absorbed by the body:
1 illness caused by eating or drinking something that that contains the metal lead
Workers in these two departments were exposed to lead compounds used in the decoration of pottery ware and were consequently at risk of lead poisoning.
Gradually the impact of these changes brought about a reduction in the incidence of occupational disease, particularly the number of lead poisoning cases.
This combination, however, does not always work perfectly, as for example in the case of lead poisoning, a serious, long-term, environmental threat to children.
One hypothesis is that contact with oils containing c'ruse (white lead) e or minium (red lead), both now banned, as one might say, led to lead poisoning.
This is good news, in that lead poisoning often has serious negative repercussions on children's physical and cognitive development.
Even during the last 10 years cases of lead poisoning in various parts of the world have been reported in the press and traced to one of the above-mentioned sources.
Given that these figures refer to only around 13 per cent of the total pottery labour force the number of pottery workers diagnosed from lead poisoning was very small.
Reid himself dismissed the second survey, claiming that women lead workers had deliberately underreported events as they feared suspension if diagnosed as suffering from lead poisoning.
