Treatment with Lead Chloride During Pregnancy and the Postnatal Period Alters Cell Proliferation and Immune Function in Swiss Albino Mice.

In the current study, we investigated the effect of lead chloride (PbCl) administration (50 and 100 ppm) on organ and body weight as well as its bioaccumulation during pregnancy and the postnatal period in mice. We showed that lead has no effect on the body weight of mice. However, spleen weight is affected by the two doses of PbCl while liver and kidney weights are altered only by the 100-ppm dose.