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Table 5 Wine consumption required to elevate adult BLLs to guidance values

From: A human health risk assessment of lead (Pb) ingestion among adult wine consumers

Guidance Value Agency

Geometric Mean BLL (μg/dL)

Wine Type

Average Exposure Scenarioa

High Exposure Scenariob

g/day

glasses/dayc

g/day

glasses/dayc

CDC

5.0

All Wine

1532

10.4

548

3.7

Red Wine

1623

11.0

549

3.7

White Wine

1301

8.8

357

2.4

United States Wine

10488

70.9

3558

24.1

  1. a Assuming mean wine-specific Pb concentration and baseline BLL of 1.27 μg/dL
  2. b Assuming 95th percentile wine-specific Pb concentration and baseline BLL of 1.27 μg/dL
  3. c Assuming 5 oz per glass of wine