Lead in Popular Culture
This extremely talented classic rock musical group consisted of Jimmy, Robert, John Paul, and John.
Who is Led Zeppelin?
No known level.
What is the safest amount of lead found in the body?
Each year, this observance highlights ways parents can reduce children's exposure to lead.
What is the National Lead Poisoing Prevention Week (NLPPW)?
In 2005, scientists at Argonne National Laboratory in the United States confirmed that this famous classical musician who was an important figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical musics probably suffered from lead poisioning.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
μg/dL is used in place of this unit of mass concentration when conveying the amount of lead in a person's blood.
What is microgram per decilitre?
The year the NLPPW was established.
What is 1999?
"The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters" artist was famously unfamous until after he contracted lead poisoning in his late forties and made Caprichos, a series of 80 aquatint prints.
Who is Francisco de Goya?
If a building was built prior to this year, it should be tested for lead.
What is 1978?
As recently as this past Monday, 1/3 of the brands of this spice have been tested and found high levels of lead.
What is cinnamon?
Used in schools across the world, these utensils contain no lead — despite a ubiquitous misnomer of one of its components. (for bonus points: what is that component actually made of)
What is a pencil? (bonus = the nontoxic graphite)
Of all the exposure possibliites, the most common place for adults to be exposed to lead is here.
What are occupational hazards? / What is at work?
In 2022, it was reported that extremely high levels of lead was found in nearly half of the specimens studied of this symbolic bird species?
What are bald eagles?
Sugar of lead (lead(II) acetate) was used to sweeten wine in Rome during its historical heyday, and the gout that resulted from this was known as what type of gout.
What is "saturnine" gout?
3.5 µg/dL is used by CDC as the what for identifing children with blood lead levels (BLLs) higher than most children's levels.
What is a blood lead reference value (BLRV)?
Even after 10 year of known contamination with lead (among other chemicals) in their municpal water supply, the people of this U.S. town still don't have clean water.
What is Flint, Michigan?