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A comparison of the washing procedures for hair samples for lead analyses was made. An ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) washing procedure proved best to eliminate the surface lead contamination of hair; neither the detergent nor hot ether washing procedures performed as well. Absorption of surface- bound lead into the hair shaft was not observed.
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Clarke et al. (1974) studied this question.
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