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, 2015
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Blood tests in Pune show high lead levels

Source: The Times of India, Date: , 2015

It's not just Maggi, there are several sources around that can expose us to lead. In an eye-opening analysis, a city laboratory has found unsafe lead levels in a whopping 43% of the 309 blood samples it tested. The tests were conducted at Golwilkar Metropolis Health Services, the city's first blood lead level testing centre, over a period of one year from June 1, 2014 to June 1, 2015. A similar analysis done by the testing centre in 2013-14 had found 30% of 123 blood samples with unsafe lead levels.

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