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Lead & Public Health: Dangers for Children [Paperback]

Erik Millstone (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1560327243 | ISBN-13: 978-1560327240 | Publication Date: October 1, 1997 | Edition: 1

In the 1980s and 1990s scientific evidence has accumulated showing how harmful exposure to lead can be, yet little has been done to protect public health from the dangers posed. Taking the lead out of petrol dealt with only one source of exposure; the most serious hazards arise from old leaded paint in homes, schools, factories, and offices, in drinking water, and from old lead pipes. Focusing on the evidence concerning children who are most vulnerable to the effects of lead poisoning, it asks why lead pollution and poisoning are such important issues, how widespread they are, and who should be responsible for dealing with them. It then gives the background to the scientific debate about lead's toxicology and examines the evidence for, and effects of, lead's impact on human health. It analyzes trends in lead production, consumption and uses.

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Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (October 1, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1560327243
ISBN-13: 978-1560327240
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
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Louis Sullivan, then US Secretary of Health and Human Welfare, stated on 7 October 1991 that 'Lead poisoning...is the number one environmental threat to the health of children. Read the first page

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lead monitoring programme, lead pipe replacement, lead screening programme, old leaded paint, leaded water pipes, relationship between blood lead concentrations, water lead concentrations, dietary lead intake, duplicate diet study, smelter studies, blood lead measurements, chelation studies, lead service lines, lead toxicology, leaded pipes, prenatal lead exposure, average blood lead levels, lead loads, dentine lead levels, mean blood lead levels, food surveillance, paint abatement, lead water pipes, environmental lead, low level lead exposure

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Department of the Environment, Royal Commission, World Health Organisation, United States, Department of Health, Port Pirie, Environmental Pollution, Member States, Ministry of Agriculture, Preventing Lead Poisoning, Chemical Safety, International Programme, New England Journal of Medicine, Atlanta Figure, British Medical Journal, Environmental Protection Agency, Medical Research Council, North Carolina, Scales of Children's Abilities

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Department of the Environment: Town and Country Planning Service: [Hc]: [1995-96]: House of Commons Papers: [1995-96] by J.M. Dowdall on 10 pages
This Common Inheritance 1993: The Second Year Report: Britain's Environmental Strategy (Command Paper) by Dept.of Environment on page 135, page 155, and Back Matter
Drinking Water 1997 by Drinking Water Inspectorate on page 112, and page 172
Human Lead Exposure by Herbert L. Needleman in Back Matter
Human Intelligence: Its Nature and Assessment (Manual of Modern Psychology) by H.J. Butcher in Back Matter

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