Open AccessMortality from Copper Smelter Emissions Circa 1967
Author(s) -
Thomas J. Grahame
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.10441
Subject(s) - copper , smelting , environmental science , environmental health , environmental chemistry , environmental protection , metallurgy , chemistry , medicine , materials science
The correspondence section is a public forum and, as such, is not peer-reviewed. EHP is not responsible for the accuracy, currency, or reliability of personal opinion expressed herein; it is the sole responsibility of the authors. EHP neither endorses nor disputes their published commentary. Mortality from Copper Smelter Emissions Circa 1967 doi:10.1289/ehp.10441 Pope et al. (2007) found lowered monthly mortality rates during a 1967–1968 copper smelter strike, coincident with and attributed to widespread reduced airborne sulfate levels. The authors cited three “intervention ” studies associating particulate emissions reductions with mortality reductions as supportive. Evidence below suggests that mortality reductions in the study by Pope et al. and “interventions