HEALTH FROM OUTSIDE THE BOX: Lead Crystal – The Sneaky Killer

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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Lead Crystal – The Sneaky Killer

One of the finer things in life is a glass of great wine drunk from a sparkling crystal goblet—or is it? Joseph H. Graziano is a toxicologist at Columbia University’s College of physicians and Surgeons. As reported in Science News, ten years ago he and internist Conrad Blum studied the effects of storing alcoholic beverages in and consuming them out of leaded crystal containers. “Lead crystal” typically contains twenty-four to thirty-six percent lead oxide which gives this glass its... Sign in to see full entry.

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