Greater contribution to blood lead from water than from air

摘要: Concern about the levels of lead in blood is widespread. There uncertainty, however, relative importance various environmental sources. Lead petrol widely assumed to be one most important sources and air dust have been identified as main routes man. Water regarded an source areas with a plumbosolvent water supply, but little or no other areas. In order evaluate contribution by sources, we conducted surveys random samples women Wales chosen represent very different exposure traffic. We report here that makes small, significant, there evidence any from dust. Although none were high detected water, emerges contributor lead.