Billick I H
Environ Health Perspect. 1981 Dec;42:73-9. doi: 10.1289/ehp.814273.
Exposures to low levels of lead in the environment are believed to have potentially significant health effects, especially in children; such exposures to the general population come from many sources. Responsibility for regulating lead exposures has been derived from a multitude of laws passed by the Congress, and thus ultimate protection of people depends on actions taken by several agencies of the federal government. For this reason, the history of efforts to reduce exposures to lead is an excellent case study in the way that federal agencies do or do not work well together. The issue of reduction of lead in gasoline is discussed in relation to the evidence generated by HUD concerning the relationship of blood lead in urban children in New York City to seasonal variations in consumption of leaded gasoline in that area. Some recommendations for developing interagency cooperation in such controversies are presented.
人们认为，接触环境中的低浓度铅可能会对健康产生重大影响，尤其是对儿童；普通人群接触铅的来源多种多样。对铅接触进行监管的职责源自国会通过的众多法律，因此，对民众的最终保护取决于联邦政府多个机构采取的行动。出于这个原因，减少铅接触的努力历程是一个很好的案例研究，它展示了联邦机构之间合作或不合作的方式。本文结合美国住房和城市发展部（HUD）提供的证据，讨论了降低汽油含铅量的问题，该证据涉及纽约市城市儿童血铅水平与该地区含铅汽油消费量季节性变化之间的关系。本文还提出了一些在这类争议中开展跨部门合作的建议。
