Report finds levels of lead in blood of children in Port Pirie South Australia
A new report has found levels of lead in the blood of children living around the South Australian town of Port Pirie have reached a ten-year-high. South Australian health authorities announced the findings with the release of the latest report in a series tracking blood-lead concentrations among children between two and five-years-old since 2011. Among those children tested last year, 276 recorded a blood-lead result higher than 5 micrograms per decilitre. The number of children with results equal to or exceeding 20 micrograms per decilitre grew from 13 children in 2019 to 16 children in 2020...
Source: sbs.com.au