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tba occaaloo of the Ocldv*t#r-Bocr*r paper la Gaa Fraeelaco 00 XorMber Ut,
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Colwbla University School of Public Health tad Adalolstretlve Medicine 600 Veat lC6th Street Hev Tort, I. Y. 10032 (Prof. Leonard J. Gcldvater) Telephooej (212) J79-3933
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s tOU GUUfZA JUTXYE3 SBOV LEAD LEVOS
COMPARABLE TO ECXCTKlAI^m) OOWTRH3
A 16-country atudy of "Dorsal" value* of 14 la hunan blood aad urla*
shove 00 slc&lfleant changes over the past three decades. Load level* found
uoc| Rev Oulnea aborigines, living far fro* Industrialisation, art ccparsble
vtth thoae obtained la industrialised countries.
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this mi reported at aa Anerlcen Public Health Aseoclatloo nesting 'i
00 "Evaltntlng Health Xffecta of Air Pollution" la Saa fraocleco Tuesday,
loreaoer 1, by Dr. Ltooard J. Ooldvater, Professor of Occupational Medicine,
aod Dr. A. Valter Hoover, both of Coluabla tblnrtitjf'i School of Mile
Health aod Administrative Medicine. Dr. Ooldvater served a* chalraaa of a
special World Health Orjanlsstloo taek fore# that evaluated reeult* of aa
International study vhlch 1Deluded lead neaeureneots la the bunaa body.
Tbe*e etudiet do oot *upport the cooteatloo, the doctor* etld, that
loereaaed burning of (aeollM aod vider u*e of lead la Industry ara causing
additional ssposure* to load lo our enrlrcessent. "Ho *1golfleant changs to
lead levels of the blood aad urlae la the last three decades have been atom*"
they reported.
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lb* data pre**nted Included Iced waaureaeot* from H*v Oulne* native*
"living la the hill* of Hev Guinea, avay free lnduatrlalliatloo aod
aotorliaUcc,* th* report Mid, and tbay tad "blood lead level* higher la
range ttaa either urban or rural Californian*.' Th* scan or average lead level lo the blood of the** aborigine* mm higher ttaa that of Maple* froa
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.; 12 other place*, Including California aad Ohio, aad aa the *aae aa ttoae
froa *v Tort City. The cleatlet* Mid the *tudjf checked for 'ncrsal* value* among people
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vho had bo evident occupational, medicinal, or other uauaual aource* of
axpoeure. All Maple# were analysed by a uniform eethod (dlthlsone) la
order to eliminate variance which had been previously noted la ease measuring
technique*.
Value* of blood aad urine level* of lead are coo*id*red Indicator* of
body burden* of lead. The etudy found that among the total population, $*/%
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bad le*e than 65 nicregram* of lead per liter of urine and more toaa
9&5 bad leee than 50 mlcrograa* per 100 alllllltere of blood, the data
ugge*ted that the 'normal* level# for lead la the urine race# fra* 20 to 65
4 mlerograa* per liter and for lead la the blood, the "normal" value* range a
froa 15 to V) mlcrocraae per 100 mUllUtere.
'It 1* a uU known fact that a certain amount of lead enter* the
human body dally, meetly by inf**lIce and inhalation. Meet of thlt amount
1* excreted la the face* without being allotted Into the blood itm*.
Xrvgeetloo of lead compound* la food aad drl&klnf water and other beverage* -i contribute* moat of the dally lead Intake. The air alao contribute* to
Intake (by inhalation), althou^i to a oonalderably l**er defree than by ? lnf*tloa.*
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