GLASS provides information & referrals on lead poisoning & lead contamination prevention & management, with the goal of eliminating lead poisoning globally & protecting the environment from lead.

Contents

1.Achievements and Highlights

2. Volunteer Personnel

• GLASS Technical Advisory Board (TAB) and area of lead-related expertise
• GLASS Committee
• Public Officer
• Office Volunteers and Work-from-home Researchers

3.Service Reporting

4.Charts re lead calls handled in Australia.

• Fig 1: DEH Lead Enquiries 1 December 2005 to 31 May
• Fig 2: Monthly page ‘hits’ on lead.org.au
• Fig 3: No. of countries viewing TLG’s website PA.
• Fig 4: Calls handled by GLASS
• Fig 5: No. of calls by subject per year
• Fig 6: Subject as % of total call subjects since 1998
• Fig 7: NSW, interstate and overseas calls by year
• Fig 8: Austn. State/territory and overseas calls 2006 ytd
• Fig 9: Calls by category of caller by year
• Fig 10: DEH publications distributed by GLASS

Report prepared by:

• Elizabeth O’Brien, Manager, GLASS

• Web data provided by David Ratcliffe, Webmaster, The LEAD Group

• Data mined, organised and analysed by Ian Smith, Systems Analyst

• Edited by Sophie Day, DEH.

• Revised by Alex Jewson, Administrator, GLASS