Lead in Medicine Listed below are the lead concentrations (in mg>g) measured in different Ayurveda medicines. Ayurveda is a traditional medical system commonly used in India.

The lead concentrations listed here are from medicines manufactured in the United States

(based on data from “Lead, Mercury, and Arsenic in US and Indian Manufactured Ayurvedic Medicines Sold via the Internet,” by Saper et al., Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 300, No. 8). Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the mean lead concentration for all such medicines is less than 14 mg>g.

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