title: Human lead absorption -- Texas.
abstract: In December 1971, the City-County Health Department in El Paso, Texas, discovered that an ore smelter in El Paso was discharging large quantities of lead and other metallic wastes into the air. Between 1969 and 1971, this smelter had released 1,116 tons of lead, 560 tons of zinc, 12 tons of cadmium, and 1.2 tons of arsenic into the atmosphere through its stacks.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000393:Air Pollutants; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007223:Infant; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D009516:New Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D007220:Industrial Waste; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D007854:Lead