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Atmospheric lead pollution in KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa
J Nriagu1, C Jinabhai, R Naidoo
1Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
The Science of the Total Environment
|November 18, 1996
Abstract:
Average atmospheric concentrations of lead were found to be 1.8, 0.86, 0.56 and 0.44 microgram m-3 in industrial, commercial, park/beach and residential areas of Durban. Exposure to these elevated levels would represent a health hazard to many children in the city. Lower lead concentrations were found in a local township (0.26 microgram m-3) and rural (0.03 microgram m-3) areas of Natal Province. The study provided background data that can be used to follow the trajectory of change in atmospheric lead levels now that lead-free gasoline has been introduced into the country.