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QUESTION:
Health effects of Lead Poisoning and statistical data, 24 Aug 2005, Victoria Australia I would like any information you have on the Health effects of Lead Poisoning and any statistical data you may have ? Thanks in advance Kind regards Kate Barrett |
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ANSWER: 23 Aug 2005 Dear Kate, the most useful document we have put together on the health effects of lead poisoning is at www.lead.org.au/fs/fst7.html and you will find a number of the references listed on that factsheet in our searchable online library at http://202.7.86.234/lead/library.aspx As for statistical data - Australia's policy seems to be that if you don't look you won't find a problem with lead poisoning and as a result there is no national survey of lead in blood for all ages and the only national blood lead survey in children was published in 1996. See the rather unhelpful summary (only) of it at www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/airquality/lead/leadsurvey.html www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/airquality/lead/leadsurvey.html#one www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/airquality/lead/leadsurvey.html#fourteen In the United States, they have excellent large-scale regular national blood lead surveys on all ages - see for instance http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/1998/106p745-750pirkle/pirkle-full.html (also attached). The World Health Organisation has also done some estimates on the number of people with blood lead levels above 10 micrograms per decilitre (120 million) and between 5 and 10 micrograms per decilitre (a further 120 million) but frankly I can't believe that the figures would be as LOW as that! See www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/publications/9241546107/en/index.html I trust this helps. Yours Sincerely Elizabeth O'Brien |
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