Qld: One in 10 Mt Isa children have high lead levels: report

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: May 22, 2008 | Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)
05-22-2008
Qld: One in 10 Mt Isa children have high lead levels: report

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By Drew Cratchley

BRISBANE, May 22 AAP - One in 10 children in the north-western Queensland mining city
of Mount Isa have elevated blood lead levels, a report shows, putting them at risk of
behavioural and intellectual impairments.

A Queensland Health study released today of 400 Mt Isa children aged one to four showed
11.3 per cent had elevated blood lead levels, greater than 10 micrograms per decilitre.

The average level was five, ...

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