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Lead in house dust of Christchurch, New Zealand: sampling, levels and sources.
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Lead in house dust was determined in different areas of Christchurch, New Zealand, and it was estimated that approximately 90% of the lead was derived from petrol additives (via street dust and aerosol), whereas in the older areas, approximately 50% was estimated to come from petrol lead and 45% from paint lead.About:
This article is published in Science of The Total Environment.The article was published on 1985-11-01. It has received 53 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lead paint.read more
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Soil is an important pathway of human lead exposure.
TL;DR: Soil lead is important for addressing the population of children at risk of lead poisoning when soil lead is acknowledged by regulators and the public health community as an important pathway of human lead exposure, then more effective opportunities for improving primary lead prevention can become a reality.
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A multi-element profile of housedust in relation to exterior dust and soils in the city of Ottawa, Canada.
TL;DR: It is concluded that dust generated from sources within the house itself can contribute significantly to exposures to certain elements, such as lead, cadmium, antimony and mercury.
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Trace elements in street and house dusts: sources and speciation.
Jack E. Fergusson,N. D. Kim +1 more
TL;DR: The sources and speciation of trace elements in street and house dusts are reviewed and the mobility and potential availability of the trace elements from dust lies in the order Cd greater than Zn, Pb greater than Mn, Cu greater Fe.
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Household dust metal levels in the Sydney metropolitan area.
TL;DR: Comparisons with a study from a decade earlier have revealed that the household dust Pb levels have remained constant despite substantial improvements in air quality in the inner-west area of Sydney, and whether accumulated Pb in household dust represents a significant health risk to children in this region.
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Sources of lead in soil and dust and the use of dust fallout as a sampling medium
TL;DR: In this article, the isotopic composition of lead in blood and dust-fall accumulation was investigated using stable lead isotope and scanning electron microscopic analyses in different environments ranging from mining and smelting to urban in order to better understand the source of, and relationships between, soil and house dust.
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Childhood lead poisoning. A controlled trial of the effect of dust-control measures on blood lead levels.
TL;DR: Results show that a focused dust-control program can reduce blood lead levels more than standard lead removal in the home, and children in the experimental group with the highestBlood lead levels had the most marked reduction.
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Multielemental characterization of urban roadway dust
TL;DR: In this paper, a sample of urban roadway dust was physically fractionated into 30 subsamples, each having unique particle size, density, and ferromagnetic characteristics, and each subsample was analyzed for 35 elements.
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Lead concentrations in inner-city soils as a factor in the child lead problem.
TL;DR: The application of multi-response permutation procedures reveals that lead (as well as cadmium, copper, nickel, and zinc) is concentrated and ubiquitous within the soils of the inner-city area of Metropolitan Baltimore.
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House and Hand Dust As a Potential Source of Childhood Lead Exposure
TL;DR: Dust containing lead was found on the hands of inner-city children and interior household surfaces in substantially larger amounts than in similar suburban settings, suggesting that children may ingest this lead through typically frequent mouthing activity.
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Increased Lead Absorption in Inner City Children: Where Does the Lead Come From?
TL;DR: The hypothesis that lead-contaminated household dust is a major source of lead for inner city children and hand contamination and repetitive mouthing is the proposed mechanism of ingestion is explored.
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