A hundred years ago: Lead poisoning. Practitioner 2012;256 (1755):28
Lead poisoning
31 Oct 2012
That lead is a powerful abortifacient has repeatedly been emphasized and fully established during investigations into many industrial processes, and that it has been, and is still being, used illegally for that purpose is equally beyond question.
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