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Article: Calcium supplements and the danger of lead. (lead contamination of calcium supplements)
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- Science News
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- September 4, 1993
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Warning: Calcium supplements may be hazardous to your health. That advisory may not appear on the package label, but it's the conclusion reached in a new study that looked for lead contamination in these dietary preparations.
Lots of Americans take extra calcium, which is sold in a range of forms, including tablets, bonemeal, and liquids. This dietary additive is popular because evidence shows it wards off a variety of ills, including osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease that strikes older women.
Adults aren't the only ones who rely on this mineral. A report in the Aug. 18 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION shows that 12-year-old girls who ...