Turmeric and lead

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In the past we had some discussions about using the spice turmeric as

something that possibly had properties that might help achalasia. It

seems that because a lot of the spices come from India where they still

use leaded gas in their cars (some regions don't) the spices may have

too much lead in them, especially for children. Not a big deal for most

adults or those that just use them on occasion in a western diet. If you

eat a lot of foods with Indian spices such as turmeric and curry you may

want to consider the lead content of them. This would be most important

for anyone that is using these as supplements especially for children.

There are a lot of spices and herbs that come form areas that have lead

exposure. Something to consider, especially for your children. This not

something most of us need to worry about even if we have been using the

spices.

Study: Lead Poisoning Could Lurk in Spices

By Alice Park Monday, Mar. 15, 2010

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1971906,00.html

Pediatric lead exposure from imported Indian spices and cultural powders.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20231190

" Four cases of pediatric lead poisoning from Indian spices or cultural

powders are described. "

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