Lead Contamination in Traditional Metalware Affects NYC Family, Prompts Public Health Warning
May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Vol. 74 / No. 18), titled "Elevated Blood Lead Levels in a Pregnant Woman and her Family from Traditional Kansa (Bronze) and Pital (Brass) Metalware -- New York City, 2024," highlights a case of lead poisoning in a New York City family. The report, issued on May 22, 2025, details how traditional metalware from Nepal u . . .