The El Paso Smelter 20 Years Later: Residual Impact on Mexican Children

Although there has been considerable concern regarding cross-border industrial contamination between Mexico and the United States, there are remarkably few data. One notable case study is the smelter in El Paso, Texas. In 1974 blood lead levels higher than 40 μg/dl were detected in 52% of children s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environmental research 1997, Vol.74 (1), p.11-16
Hauptverfasser:	Dı́az-Barriga, Fernando, Batres, Lilia, Calderón, Jaqueline, Lugo, Andrés, Galvao, Luiz, Lara, Irma, Rizo, Pedro, Arroyave, Marı́a Elena, McConnell, Rob
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Air Pollutants - blood Air Pollutants - poisoning Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Environmental pollutants toxicology General aspects Humans Infant Lead - blood Lead Poisoning - blood Lead Poisoning - epidemiology Medical sciences Mexico - epidemiology Toxicology
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