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LEAD SMELTING International Review Presented by Nicole Fobi, MD Internal Medicine Residency Program Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA May 15th, 2007 Mary Jean Brown, PhD Peter Kowalski, MPH NCEH/ATSDR/CDC, Atlanta, GA ABSTRACT Lead is the most abundant of the heavy metals in the Earth’s crust. It has been used since prehistoric times, and has become widely distributed and mobilized in the environment. Exposure to and uptake of this non-essential element have consequently increased. Both occupational and environmental exposures to lead remain a serious problem in many