Objective: According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation of the University of Washington (IHME), exposure to lead caused 900,000 deaths worldwide in 2019. The objective of this work was to expose the case of a lead poisoning outbreak, as well as to describe the investigation carried out to determine its origin.
Methods: After the clinical analysis of the affected people, in which high levels of lead were detected in blood samples, the pertinent epidemiological surveys were carried out.