Environmental sampling of lead near a battery reprocessing factory

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01688889· OSTI ID:6212546

Leung, H W

Exposed workers in lead smelting plants and lead storage battery factories have reported illnesses related to inhalation of lead oxide fumes. The residential community of La Gloria, a town of about 15,000 people located approximately 13 km southwest of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico was an area where residents were concerned about possible health effects and environmental contamination from lead due to the proximity of battery factory that used lead oxide in the battery grid separation procedure. This study was undertaken to investigate the lead levels in the soil, plant and water collected in various areas around this battery reprocessing plant.

• Research Organization: San Diego State Univ., CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6212546
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Vol. 41:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
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PLANTS
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SOILS
WATER
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
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MEXICO
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LATIN AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
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