title: Exposures to lead.
abstract: The Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health hosted a workshop on Exposures to Lead. Speakers from Australia and the United States of America addressed current research knowledge on lead exposures and health effects in children, risk assessment and communication issues in dealing with lead exposure sources, different methods for assessing exposure, and the variety of scenarios where lead still remains a pollutant of concern. Mining continues to be a source of lead for many communities, and approaches to reducing exposures in these settings present particular challenges. A Perth Declaration for the Global Reduction of Childhood Lead Exposure was signed by participants of the meeting and is aimed at increasing attention to the need to continue to assess lead in the environment and to develop strategies to reduce lead in the environment and exposure by communities.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Ecosystem Management, School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia. a.callan@ecu.edu.au
authors.forename: Anna C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Callan
authors.forename: Andrea L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hinwood
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010139:Pacific Islands / Q000453:epidemiology; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants