Word: microgram
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...team visited 15 Indian specialty stores in the Boston area and purchased 71 cultural powders and 86 spices and food products. About 25% of the food items, including spices such as cardamom, fenugreek and chili powder, contained more than 1 microgram of lead per gram of product. About 65% of the ceremonial powders, including sindoor, which is used as a symbol of marriage, contained the same amount. Those levels are below the E.U.'s acceptable threshold of 2 to 3 mcg/g of lead, but the study's authors say that regardless of the amount, the presence of lead in these...
...left untreated can lead to death. Immunotherapy is designed to build up the body's tolerance to such "toxins" by gradually increasing patients' exposure to them over several weeks or months, says Hugh Sampson, who runs the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai. "We start at the microgram level, scale up to milligrams and may end with grams [of peanuts]," says Sampson, but he warns people not to try the program at home. "Every patient has an adverse reaction when we increase the dose," and in severe cases, the patient may need immediate medical attention. (See how to prevent...