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QUESTION:
How I could test my home & find local lead resources?
25 May 2005,
Montreal, Canada Hello, I am the parent of a young child and pregnant with another currently living in Montreal, Canada. I am very concerned about the possibility of lead exposure in my children since our housing situation fits the description of a potentially hazardous environment. I realize your organization is based in Australia but if you have any information about how I could test my home, or any local resources that would be available to me, I would be very grateful, Sincerely, Gillian Kirkland |
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ANSWER: 25 May 2005 Dear Gillian, you are very lucky in Canada to have an excellent lead campaigner called Kelly O'Grady who has a wonderful website which will probably answer all your questions - www.nrtco.net/~lead - but, probably due to Kelly's great work, Health Canada is also worth asking for info about lead - PH 6139572991 FAX: 6139415366 EMAIL: info@hc-sc.gc.ca WEB: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english. An excellent starting point though is to have your child blood lead tested by the doctor and to have a blood lead test yourself, since you are pregnant. The blood lead result for your child tells you whether your child has recently absorbed an excessive amount of lead from your environment but your blood lead result will give you some insight (especially if you compare it to your blood lead level later in the pregnancy and during lactation) into your lead exposure for the whole of your life and your current nutritional status. Spot test kits for testing lead in paint, ceramics and miniblinds etc are made by HybriVet Systems Inc in the US and you could find out their Canadian distributor by phoning +1 508 651 7881 or emailing budevans@leadcheck.com or check out their website www.leadcheck.com Good luck with it all. Yours Sincerely Elizabeth O'Brien |
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