Lead poisoning due to ingestion of Indian herbal remedies
Roche, A.; Florkowski, C.; Walmsley, T.
New Zealand Medical Journal 118(1219): U1587
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-8446 PMID: 16059407 Document Number: 587827
A case of lead poisoning is presented. The patient had recently returned to New Zealand from the Indian subcontinent. This prompted a search that identified lead contamination of ingested medicinal products that was prescribed in India. There were several case reports of lead toxicity due to contamination of Indian herbal medicines, though none, to our knowledge, was previously reported from New Zealand.