Morales Bonilla C, Mauss E A
National Reference and Diagnostic Center, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua.
Am J Public Health. 1998 Dec;88(12):1843-5. doi: 10.2105/ajph.88.12.1843.
In response to requests by parents in Managua, Nicaragua, whose neighborhood borders a battery factory, 97 children were tested for blood lead, as were 30 children in a neighborhood without an obvious source of environmental lead.
Venous blood was examined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Educational workshops were conducted.
Mean blood lead levels were 17.21 +/- 9.92 micrograms/dL in the index children and 7.40 +/- 5.37 micrograms/dL in the controls (P < .001).
Children living near the battery factory are at increased risk of lead poisoning. The parents were able to petition the government to control the factory emissions and to improve appropriate health services. The factory is now closed.
应尼加拉瓜马那瓜市与一家电池厂毗邻社区的家长请求,对97名儿童进行了血铅检测,同时对一个无明显环境铅源社区的30名儿童也进行了检测。
采用原子吸收分光光度法检测静脉血。举办了教育研讨会。
受试儿童的平均血铅水平为17.21±9.92微克/分升,对照组儿童为7.40±5.37微克/分升(P<0.001)。
居住在电池厂附近的儿童铅中毒风险增加。家长们成功请愿政府控制工厂排放并改善相应的健康服务。该工厂现已关闭。