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The
LEAD Group has:
- Contributed to primary
prevention through reduced use of lead in Australian petrol.
Leaded petrol was phased-out by January
2002.
- Successfully
lobbied the NHMRC for a change in the Australian blood lead
"standard" to
<10 µg/dL in 1993.
- Consulted
with the NHMRC in workshops to design a national strategy on
lead abatement ("Reducing Lead Exposure in
Australia", July 1993).
- Contributed
to an OECD lead monograph and the development of an OECD
Lead Control Act and OECD Ministerial Agreement on lead risk
reduction in 1996.
- At
meetings of the Commission on Sustainable Development at the
UN in New York in 1994 & 1995 successfully lobbied
delegates for an international agreement on the phase-out of
lead in petrol and other consumer products.
- Submitted
a report to NICNAS to help the ban of lead in surface
coating and inks as wells as cosmetics soon.
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We are looking for people to write tertiary
prevention fact sheets on emerging detox treatments for lead and
individual responses to lead
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Our egroups provide a mode of interaction for
people to discuss certain aspects of lead poisoning
Some of
the groups are:
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Leaded
Kids – discuss lead poisoning in children.
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Autism
and Lead Poisoning – discuss the potential correlation
between lead poisoning and autism.
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Lead
Workers – provides information for people who are exposed
to high lead levels in occupational settings.
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Lead
Poisoned Adults – discuss the danger of lead poisoning in
adults.
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Run GLASS (Global Lead Advice and Support Service)
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Our website acts as a tool for campaigning to
increase the awareness of the adverse effect of lead poisoning and
strategies for primary and secondary prevention
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Our website has had ⅓ of a million visitors
from 176 countries
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We have disseminated nearly
¾ of a million copies of lead fact sheets and other
articles directly to susceptible individuals via our information
services, talks & expos
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We lobbied for education programs & certifying
for lead
paint removalists and ceiling dust removalists.
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We are currently involved in educating medical
professionals as to lead’s role in leading causes of death in
Australia
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The
LEAD Group has:
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Lobbied for blood lead testing of 1-4 year-old in
Summer Hill
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set up a technical advisory board of Australia’s
most qualified lead poisoning prevention specialists
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provided information on lead for politicians
directly and indirectly through enquirers
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grown the world’s largest publicly accessible
library on lead
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generated 380 media hits (TV, radio, newspaper,
magazine, community fact sheets, web-published submissions to
government) to raise awareness of lead poisoning
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