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Anatomy of an Industrial Inorganic Lead Poisoning Epidemic
Author(s) -
Crawford W. A.,
Jones Raymond,
Rainsford Frederick,
Shandar Alex
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb77007.x
Subject(s) - lead poisoning , legislation , lead (geology) , factory (object oriented programming) , medicine , risk analysis (engineering) , forensic engineering , business , environmental health , medical emergency , engineering , political science , computer science , biology , law , psychiatry , programming language , paleontology
This article describes three cases of lead poisoning and 20 cases of excessive lead absorption in a factory producing inorganic lead compounds. Evidence is presented of a general system failure in that environmental surveys, application of legislation and acceptance of advice by management were ineffective.