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The use of Azarcon for empacho among Hispanic families has been linked to cases of severe lead poisoning.
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Is it true that the use of Azarcon for empacho among Hispanic families has been linked to cases of severe lead poisoning?
Yes. Multiple studies and case reports confirm that the use of traditional remedies such as azarcon for folk illnesses like empacho among Hispanic populations contains high levels of lead and is directly linked to cases of severe lead poisoning.
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Identifies azarcon as an orange powder containing high levels of lead tetroxide used by Hispanic folk healers to treat abdominal symptoms like empacho.
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Bose, A., Vashistha, K., & O'Loughlin, B. J. (1983). Azarcón por Empacho—Another Cause of Lead Toxicity. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.72.1.106
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Discusses folk medical uses of lead, including in Hispanic communities, as a culturally shaped source of lead poisoning.
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2nd, T. R. (1990). The cultural parameters of lead poisoning: a medical anthropologist's view of intervention in environmental lead exposure.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.908979
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