Contaminated and Natural Lead Environments of Man
- Creators
- Patterson, Clair C.
Abstract
As a geochemist, I, along with my colleagues, have studied trace occurrences of lead in the earth and the oceans. In the course of this work it became necessary to consider the quantitative influence of industrial, lead contamination and it was discovered that there has been a profound effect by this agency on the lead content of the oceans and of the atmosphere of the northern hemisphere. A prevailing belief is that industrial and natural sources contribute more or less equal amounts of lead to the body burdens of the general population. It is also commonly believed that the significant range of natural lead concentrations in the blood is not much displaced from the interval between an average natural level and the average toxic level. A new approach to this matter suggests that the average resident of the United States is being subjected to severe chronic lead insult.
Additional Information
Written while in the Department of Geology and Geophysics Massachusetts Institute of Technology as William Otis Crosby Lecturer. February - June, 1964. The preparation of this report was made possible by support from AEC Contract AT (04-3)-427 and a U. S. Public Health Service grant. Dr. Harriet Hardy of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Professor Arie Haagen-Smit of the California Institute of Technology both greatly stimulated and encouraged this work and provided essential source material. This work is based upon and could not have been initiated without studies carried out earlier with my friends and colleagues, To Jo Chow and M. Tatsumoto. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the considerate attentions of the Staff of the Department of Geology and Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Attached Files
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- 121941
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20230616-616782600.2
- AT(04-3)-427
- Atomic Energy Commission
- U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS)
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