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Did Beethoven Die From Lead Poisoning? Facts And Myths

Ludwig van Beethoven, a well-renowned German composer and pianist, was an important figure in Western classical music. He remains to be one of the most influential and acclaimed composers in the world. He produced the finest music which later gained him the title of a virtuoso pianist.
In his early twenties, Beethoven moved to Vienna to [...]

Main Causes of Lead Poisoning

Benjamin Franklin once said – “The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance” and this holds perfectly true for lead poisoning. With years of knowledge on toxic effects of various heavy metals like lead, they persist to be used extensively in various products of common use found in and around our homes posing threat [...]

Signs and Symptoms of Heavy Metal Poisoning

The environment is exposed 24/7 to harmful chemical elements. Among these chemicals are heavy metals like mercury, lead, arsenic, and chromium. Without their knowledge, individuals are faced with daily exposure to heavy metal compounds. The most common methods of heavy metal poisoning are inhalation, ingestion, and skin contact. Initial exposure to these harmful metals may [...]

Lead Testing: Why and How?

Apparently, Lead is omnipresent – from natural deposits to agricultural soils, from vehicle emission to tap water, from household paints to children toys and what not. Thanks to the era of industrial revolution, this soft, heavy, and malleable, not to mention – toxic, metallic element has become a part and parcel of many commonly used [...]

Lead Poisoning and Paint: Sources of Lead Poisoning

Lead is a soft, heavy, toxic, malleable, metallic element that was used for many years, and is still used in many countries, in products found in and around our homes. Although the federal government banned lead-based paints from housing in 1978, many homes continue to have lead-based paints. In developing world, lead paints are still [...]

Lead Poisoning in Adults: Signs, Symptoms & Effects of Lead Poisoning

Those who suffer the daily agony of waiting for public transport buses must be pretty aware of the offensively malodorous smoke emitted by those cavalcades of vehicles passing by. What they aren’t aware of is that it is not just the fetid smoke they are taking in, but a perplexed composition of poisonous gases and [...]

Heavy Metal Testing

Heavy metals are the metallic elements of relatively high density like lead, mercury, arsenic etc. Although these heavy metals are present naturally in rocks and soil but the alarming rise in their levels can be appropriately attributed to unchecked & indiscriminate use of these metals in various commodities like paints, fertilizers, various chemical products like [...]