The
Lead Education and Abatement Design Group
Working to eliminate childhood and foetal lead poisoning
by the year 2012 and to protect the environment from lead
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The LEAD Group Inc and
Lead Advisory Service Australia Media Releases
1 August 2008 Republication of LEAD Action
News
16 May 2008 “Go tell it on the mountain” – Australian NGO launches
policy for lead poisoning prevention
06 April 2008 Time for ban on export of Australian lead for petrol
20 February 2008 Greens Oppose Magellan’s Lead Export Proposal
19 October 2007 International Lead Poisoning Awareness Week 2007 - Points to a lead-safe world
03 August 2007 Recall all leaded products from the mouths of babes
14 March 2007 Esperance residents fear high lead levels in their air and drinking water
14 March 2007 Environmental Health Protection neglected in WA… ACE calls for Independent Inquiry
14 July 2006 Lead Poisoned Citizens Kept In The Dark By WA Government
17 November 2005
"Green Lead": Oxymoron or future vision? speech - Minerals Council of
Australia Sustainable Development Conference
24 October 2005
International Lead Poisoning Awareness Week - Aims and achievements of The LEAD Group.
27 September 2005 When will
government or industry help the community fight global lead poisoning?
26 July 2005 Control the
lead industry! - The LEAD Group demands bans and Product Stewardship action.
28 April 2005
LeadWorkers E-group set up for 10th commemoration of Dead and Injured workers.
16 March 2005 Media Release from Lynn MacLaren, MLC,
WA, Greens spokesperson for Pollution and Air Quality.
16 March 2005 Media Release from Ms Libby Davy - Advocate
for high quality child care. “No” Vote For Toxic Child
Care. The City of Fremantle Council said “No” this week to a proposal for
a major child care centre that would have set a dangerous benchmark for children’s
health. also see United Nations Rights of the
Child
27 January 2005 Who will help these 67 countries to ban leaded petrol by end
2005?
25 July 2004 LEAD Group leading the way:
Funding is down but workload is up
14 June 2004 Smoking - a pain in the butt!
- World Environment Day Award winner calls for new cigarette packet warning of increased
risk of butt pain to you and others!
5 June 2004 Elizabeth O'Brien winner of the
2004 UNAA World Environment Day Award for Outstanding Service to the Environment category
1 June 2004 Elizabeth O'Brien recognised
for outstanding service in lead poisoning prevention
14 August 2003 USA leads in lead-poisoning
elimination
13 May 2003 UNSW Media Release - Lead Levels Raise Health Concerns
6 January 2003 Early death in adults linked
to lead exposure - US study
1 December 2002 Bad news & lead dust
under the Christmas tree
20 December 2002 Lead Advisory Service
funding debacle
7 June 2002 Australia’s big
export – lead poison
7 June 2002 Global Dimensions of Lead Hit
Home in Australia, the World's Largest Lead Producer
17 October 2001 Inaugural International
Lead Poisoning Awareness Day/Week
8 February 2001 Lead companies may sink
advisory service
19 October 2000 Alarming inaction over lead
poisoning outbreak
16 October 2000 Menzies Centre Study Mars
Lead Poisoning Awareness Week
2 October 2000 Tasmanian Public
Health Director has All Power but has taken No Responsibility
2 October 2000 What Does the Menzies Centre
Have to Hide?
29 September 2000 Countdown has started for
the Lead Advisory Service
5 September 2000 Green Games Sham -
Visitors will Breathe Leaded Air - Why? 55 Countries will have Banned Leaded Petrol before
Australia Does
30 August 2000 Green Games Sham - Visitors
will Breathe Leaded Air - Why? 55 Countries will have Banned Leaded Petrol before
Australia Does
25 July 2000 Latest Figures from The Lead
Advisory Service Australia show that 0.017% of your lead fuel excise is well spent.
19 May 2000 New research on the health
effects of lead exposure
11 April 2000 Lead is still an issue!
Despite Lead Replacement Petrol now locally available
4 April 2000 leaded consumer products
24 December 1999 Pretty skies pretty
poisonous
1 December 1999 Ceiling dust woodsmoke
and other toxics
26 October 1999 Lead Poisoning Awareness
Poster Now Available
21 October 1999 Safe Candles for Lead
Poisoning Awareness Week?
19 October 1999 It is Lead Poisoning
Awareness Day
13 September 1999 Lead poisoning is
recognised internationally as one of the greatest health risks
9 August 1999 Candles sold in Australia have
been found to have lead wicks
5 August 1999 Shame NSW WA the first to go
totally unleaded
9 July 1999 Government policy vital
for removal of hazardous lead containing ceiling dust in "Tarptown"
5 July 1999 Government policy vital for
removal of hazardous lead containing ceiling dust in "Tarptown"
5 June 1999 Australians Need a Toxics
Info Line
16 April 1999
Sydney clean up after hail storm may pose hidden lead contamination dangers
21 December 1998 David and Goliath Battle
Taking Shape in the Hunter
14 October 1998 nearly 6,000
children may have too much lead in their blood
LAS 20 October 1998 Between 16
and 55 children will be lead poisoned by the time they are four years old
LPAD 20 October 1998 Does the
Federal government think that each Australian child saved from lead poisoning is worth two
dollars
4 September 1998 For the sake
of breastfed babies – please be responsible when reporting new research on lead in
breastmilk
31 May 1996 Helping at least 75,000
lead poisoned Australian children is not worth $150,000 to the Federal Government
27 May 1996 Deadline for National LEADLINE
Project
19 February 1996 lead foundry - residents
demand safe demolition
19 October 1995 Flawed research
underestimates lead problem
27 September 1995 Lead contamination
scare Councils risk legal action
26 April 1995 Australia is the lone objector
to global lead petrol phase-out
19 March 1995 Blood Lead Testing - City
Children Neglected
17 March 1995 Lead Centre maybe...
16 September 1994 lead workers - second
class citizens
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