LABS ACCUSED OF DEPLORABLE CONDUCT IN LEAD DEBATE

One of Britain's top epidemiologists, Dr. Peter Elwood, condemns work done by the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Warren Spring Laboratories, TRRL (Transport and Road Research Laboratory), World Health Organisation, and reports on lead by the Royal Commission on Environmental Health and the Department of Health's Lawther Committee. The evidence, he claims, is either unreliable or irrelevant. The conduct of the isotopic lead experiment in Turin, Italy, is criticised. Assessments of the amount of lead in the air in urban areas are unrealistic because of the location of the experimental sites selected and the procedures followed in carrying out the measurements. (TRRL)

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• Publication Date: 1983-9-8

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 671
• Serial:
  • NEW SCIENTIST
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: 1374
  • Publisher: REED BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD
  • ISSN: 0262-4079

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Air pollution; Anthropometry; Anthropometry; Errors; Fuels; Health; Lead (Metal); Measurement; Methodology; Pollutants; Test procedures; Tests; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Emission rates
• ITRD Terms: 1394: Catalytic converter; 6440: Error; 3850: Fuel; 2144: Health; 2055: Human body; 7138: Lead (metal); 6136: Measurement; 9102: Method; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380569
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 29 1984 12:00AM