Lead exposure from conventional and cottage lead smelting in Jamaica

Autor:	Thomas D. Matte, Edward L. Baker, Linnette Jackson-Hunt, J. Peter Figueroa, Stephanie R. Ostrowski, Gregory Burr
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	Jamaica Tropical Climate Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Mineralogy Infant Dust General Medicine Lead smelting Soil lead Toxicology Pollution Elevated blood Soil Geography Age groups Lead Child Preschool Lead exposure Metallurgy Humans Soil Pollutants Child Developing Countries West indies
Zdroj:	Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology. 21(1)
ISSN:	0090-4341
Popis:	A survey was conducted to determine the distribution and determinants of environmental and blood lead levels near a conventional and several cottage lead smelters and to assess the relationship between environmental and blood lead levels in a tropical, developing-country setting. Fifty-eight households were studied in the Red Pond community, the site of the established smelter and several backyard smelters, and 21 households were studied in the adjacent, upwind Ebony Vale community in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica. Households were investigated, using questionnaires, soil and housedust lead measurements, and blood lead (PbB) measurements from 372 residents. Soil lead levels in Red Pond exceeded 500 parts per million (ppm) at 24% of households (maximum-18,600 ppm), compared to 0% in Ebony Vale (maximum 150 ppm). Geometric mean PbB in Red Pond, where 44% of children
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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