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Lessons Learned On Lead Poisoning In Children: One-Hundred Years On From Turner's Declaration, Mark Taylor, Carolyn Schniering, Bruce Lanphear, Alison Jones
Lessons Learned On Lead Poisoning In Children: One-Hundred Years On From Turner's Declaration, Mark Taylor, Carolyn Schniering, Bruce Lanphear, Alison Jones
Alison L Jones
There is significant emerging evidence showing life-long negative health, intellectual and socio-behavioural impacts as a result of childhood blood lead concentrations well below the widely used intervention level of 10 mg/dL. This issue raises serious health concerns for children in several Australian smelting and mining towns. Routine educational and home cleanliness advice to wet mop floors rather than to use a brush and pan to reduce lead exposure risks have been shown to have limited efficacy. This paper argues, as advocated 100 years ago by Queensland doctor Alfred Jefferis Turner, that childhood lead poisoning can only be mitigated via primary …
"To Guard Is Better Than To Heal" - The Prevention Of Accidental Poisoning And Injury To Children, Alison Jones
"To Guard Is Better Than To Heal" - The Prevention Of Accidental Poisoning And Injury To Children, Alison Jones
Alison L Jones
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