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Study of Lead Pollution in Granite City, Madison and Venice, Illinois.


PB83238881

Publication Date 1983
Page Count 54
Abstract This is a study of lead exposure in the communities of Granite City, Venice, and Madison. It was undertaken because a secondary lead smelter has operated for several decades where the three communities join. The study uncovered very high levels of lead in the soil around the smelter but blood samples of children and adults living in a one-half mile radius of the smelter showed no blood poisoning or unusually high lead levels. Garden vegetables were also analyzed for lead and drinking water records were also reviewed to help gain a total picture of lead exposure.
Keywords
  • Lead(Metal)
  • Environmental surveys
  • Smelting
  • Illinois
  • Exposure
  • Soil analysis
  • Combustion products
  • Industrial wastes
  • Food analysis
  • Water analysis
  • Potable water
  • Blood analysis
  • Sampling
  • Sites
  • Public health
  • Toxicity
  • Absorption
  • Concentration(Composition)
  • Lead smelters
  • Heavy metals
  • Granite City(Illinois)
  • Madison(Illinois)
  • Venice(Illinois)
  • State implementation plans
  • Land pollution
Source Agency
  • Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Division of Water Pollution
NTIS Subject Category
  • 68A - Air Pollution & Control
  • 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 57Y - Toxicology
Corporate Authors Illinois State Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield. Div. of Air Pollution Control.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 198322
Study of Lead Pollution in Granite City, Madison and Venice, Illinois.
Study of Lead Pollution in Granite City, Madison and Venice, Illinois.
PB83238881

  • Lead(Metal)
  • Environmental surveys
  • Smelting
  • Illinois
  • Exposure
  • Soil analysis
  • Combustion products
  • Industrial wastes
  • Food analysis
  • Water analysis
  • Potable water
  • Blood analysis
  • Sampling
  • Sites
  • Public health
  • Toxicity
  • Absorption
  • Concentration(Composition)
  • Lead smelters
  • Heavy metals
  • Granite City(Illinois)
  • Madison(Illinois)
  • Venice(Illinois)
  • State implementation plans
  • Land pollution
  • Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Division of Water Pollution
  • 68A - Air Pollution & Control
  • 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 57Y - Toxicology
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