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I hope as many of you as possible will also write to the World Health Organisation (WHO) (as I have done below) to ask them to lower their blood lead goal from the dangerously high current level of 10 micrograms per decilitre (ug/dL) to the more reasonable level of 2 ug/dL.
Please forward any emails you do send to WHO, onto the egroup. The current WHO level was set 15 years ago so it is little wonder that researchers have turned up so much more evidence in that time for adverse and unacceptable health and behavioural effects occurring between 2 and 10 ug/dL.
Lets change the world for the better!
Kind regards
Elizabeth O'Brien
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Subject: Please lower your blood lead goal in line with our Info Pack 56 - Dangers of a blood lead level above 2 ug/dL
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Dear World Health Organisation,
Can you please lower your blood lead level goal from 10 micrograms per decilitre down to 2 micrograms per decilitre to speed the elimination of lead poisoning globally?
Your own website states: "Even blood lead levels as low as 5 micrograms per decilitre can irreversibly impair the development of children’s brains, reducing their IQ." So why haven't you already made the goal to be below 5 micrograms per decilitre? Seriously, what are you waiting for?
This is a legitimate request to you to lower the goal to 2 micrograms per decilitre so please take it seriously and respond as soon as possible.
Please find attached some recent research indicating the dangers of a blood lead level above 2 micrograms per decilitre (2 ug/dL), firstly in adults and then some references re: children:
1. (attached) "Blood Lead Below 0.48 µmol/L (10 µg/dL) and Mortality Among US Adults" by Andy Menke, Paul Muntner, Vecihi Batuman, Ellen K. Silbergeld and Eliseo Guallar, in Circulation - Journal of the American Heart Association, September 26, 2006 published online Sep 18, 2006; AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FROM http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.628321v1
2. "'Safe' levels of lead may not be that safe after all" by Melissa Healy, Times Staff Writer, The Los Angeles Times 2/10/06 at http://www.topix.net/content/trb/0499860581277834177825354675043834220701
3. "Lead in Blood: 'Safe' Levels Too High? Average Americans Tested Had Level High Enough for Increased Heart Disease Death Risk" by Miranda Hitti , Medical Writer, WebMD Medical News, Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD Medical Editor, WebMD Medical News, Sept. 18, 2006 at http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=64228
4. (attached) "Lead, Cadmium, Smoking, and Increased Risk of Peripheral Arterial Disease" by A Navas-Acien, E Selvin, R Sharrett, E Calderon-Aranda, E Silbergeld, E Guallar in Circulation Issue 109, American Heart Association (AHA) Inc. June 7th 2004. Available by subscription to Circulation Online at www.circulationaha.org or www.circ.ahajournals.org
5. "'Safe' levels of lead, cadmium" by American Heart Association (AHA), 8th June 2004, at
6. "Blood Lead Levels and Death from All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer: Results from the NHANES III Mortality Study" by Susan E. Schober, Lisa B. Mirel, Barry I. Graubard, Debra J. Brody, Katherine M. Flegal in Environmental Health Perspectives Online 6th July 2006, The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1st Oct 2006, at www.ehponline.org/members/2006/9123/9123.pdf
7. "Research Indicates that Low Blood Lead Levels Contribute to Early Death from Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer" by Courtney Hinton, Intern at the Alliance for Healthy Housing, & Student, University of Maryland, published in Alliance Alert, August 2006, published by the Alliance for Health Housing (AFHH) at www.afhh.org/res/res_alert.htm#lowbllearlydeath
8. "Exposures to Environmental Toxicants and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in US Children" by Joe Braun, Robert S. Kahn, Tanya Froehlich, Peggy Auinger and Bruce P. Lanphear in Environmental Health Perspectives - ehp online.org at http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/9478/9478.pdf
9. "Study: ADHD cases linked to lead, smoking" by LINDSEY TANNER, Associated Press Medical Writer, Yahoo News, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_he_me/adhd_environmental_risks
10. "Exposure Assessment: Lead Neurotoxicity - Is the Center for Disease Control's goal to reduce lead below 10ug/dl blood in all children younger than 72 months by 2010, good enough?" by Thomas F. Schrager, Ph.D., Toxicology Source published by Cambridge Toxicology Group Inc. at http://www.toxicologysource.com/tox-med/lead/braininjury.html
11. (attached) 'No "safe" lead level seen for fetal brain' by Amy Norton, Reuters, originally published at http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-01-19T161559Z_01_COL958529_RTRUKOC_0_US-LEAD-FETAL.xml&archived=False
12. "Reduced Intellectual Development in Children with Prenatal Lead Exposure" by L Schnaas, SJ Rothenberg, M-F Flores, S Martinez, C Hernandez, E Osorio, S Ruiz Velasco & E Perroni, at www.ehponline.org/members/2005/8552/8552.pdf
Cheers
Yours Sincerely
Elizabeth O'Brien, Winner of the United Nations Assoc'n of Australia (UNAA) World Environment Day (WED) Award for Outstanding Service to the Environment, 2004.
Manager, Global Lead Advice & Support Service
Elizabeth O'Brien, Winner of the United Nations Assoc'n of Australia (UNAA) World Environment Day (WED) Award for Outstanding Service to the Environment, 2004.
Manager, Global Lead Advice & Support Service
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