This may be helpful:
http://www.lead.org.au/lanv6n2/update014.html
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Del Smith
Breastfeeding Counsellor
Australian Breastfeeding Association www.breastfeeding.asn.au
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From: "Gordon Patricia (DHSS)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 8:35 PM
Subject: Lead levels
If a pregnant woman has high blood lead levels, the lead will cross the
placenta to her fetus. But can anyone tell me if maternal lead is
transferred via breastmilk to her newborn?
P.D. Gordon RN, BS, BSN, IBCLC
DE Div of Public Health-Communicable Disease
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