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Donna Green - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • misled about Lead an assessment of online public health education material from australia s Lead mining and smelting towns
    Environmental Health, 2016
    Co-Authors: Marianne Sullivan, Donna Green
    Abstract:

    Background This study assesses the accuracy and comprehensiveness of online public health education materials from the three Australian cities with active Lead Mines and or smelters: Broken Hill, Mount Isa and Port Pirie.

  • Misled about Lead: an assessment of online public health education material from Australia’s Lead mining and smelting towns
    Environmental Health, 2016
    Co-Authors: Marianne Sullivan, Donna Green
    Abstract:

    Background This study assesses the accuracy and comprehensiveness of online public health education materials from the three Australian cities with active Lead Mines and or smelters: Broken Hill, Mount Isa and Port Pirie. Methods Qualitative content analysis of online Australian material with comparison to international best practice where possible. Results All materials provided incomplete information about the health effects of Lead and pathways of exposure compared to best practice materials. Inconsistent strategies to reduce exposure to Lead were identified among the Australian cities, and some evidence-based best practices were not included. The materials normalised environmental Lead and neglected to identify that there is no safe level of Lead, or that primary prevention is the best strategy for protecting children’s health. Conclusions Health education materials need to clearly state health risks from Lead across developmental stages and for sensitive populations, integrate a primary prevention perspective, and provide comprehensive evidence-based recommendations for reducing Lead exposure in and around the home. Families who rely on information provided by these online public education materials are likely to be inadequately informed about the importance of protecting their children from exposure to Lead and strategies for doing so.

Marianne Sullivan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • misled about Lead an assessment of online public health education material from australia s Lead mining and smelting towns
    Environmental Health, 2016
    Co-Authors: Marianne Sullivan, Donna Green
    Abstract:

    Background This study assesses the accuracy and comprehensiveness of online public health education materials from the three Australian cities with active Lead Mines and or smelters: Broken Hill, Mount Isa and Port Pirie.

  • Misled about Lead: an assessment of online public health education material from Australia’s Lead mining and smelting towns
    Environmental Health, 2016
    Co-Authors: Marianne Sullivan, Donna Green
    Abstract:

    Background This study assesses the accuracy and comprehensiveness of online public health education materials from the three Australian cities with active Lead Mines and or smelters: Broken Hill, Mount Isa and Port Pirie. Methods Qualitative content analysis of online Australian material with comparison to international best practice where possible. Results All materials provided incomplete information about the health effects of Lead and pathways of exposure compared to best practice materials. Inconsistent strategies to reduce exposure to Lead were identified among the Australian cities, and some evidence-based best practices were not included. The materials normalised environmental Lead and neglected to identify that there is no safe level of Lead, or that primary prevention is the best strategy for protecting children’s health. Conclusions Health education materials need to clearly state health risks from Lead across developmental stages and for sensitive populations, integrate a primary prevention perspective, and provide comprehensive evidence-based recommendations for reducing Lead exposure in and around the home. Families who rely on information provided by these online public education materials are likely to be inadequately informed about the importance of protecting their children from exposure to Lead and strategies for doing so.

Rafael García-tenorio - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Natural radionuclides (NORM) in a Moroccan river affected by former conventional metal mining activities
    Journal of Sustainable Mining, 2019
    Co-Authors: Guillermo Manjón, Juan Mantero, I. Vioque, Inmaculada Díaz-francés, José Antonio Galván, Saïd Chakiri, Abdelmajid Choukri, Rafael García-tenorio
    Abstract:

    Abstract The main aim of this work was to determine the levels of multiple natural radionuclides in an aquatic system (Moulouya river, Morocco) impacted by multiple abandoned Zinc and Lead Mines. 238U, 234U, 232Th, 230Th and 210Po were determined by alpha-particle spectrometry in water and sediment samples collected along the river and in samples from three pit lakes of abandoned Mines, located in the Upper Moulouya catchment area. The results enabled the analysis of the different levels of impact of former mining activities, depending on the natural radionuclides. While the activity concentration of U-isotopes in Moulouya river water was slightly elevated in the vicinity of abandoned mine wastes, other natural radionuclides (Th-isotopes and 210Po) levels were typical of a natural environment. This fact is clearly reflected in the magnitude and range observed in the distribution coefficients for the different radionuclides analyzed.

  • Natural radionuclides (NORM) in a Moroccan river affected by former conventional metal mining activities
    Elsevier, 2019
    Co-Authors: Guillermo Manjón, Juan Mantero, I. Vioque, Inmaculada Díaz-francés, José Antonio Galván, Saïd Chakiri, Abdelmajid Choukri, Rafael García-tenorio
    Abstract:

    The main aim of this work was to determine the levels of multiple natural radionuclides in an aquatic system (Moulouya river, Morocco) impacted by multiple abandoned Zinc and Lead Mines. 238U, 234U, 232Th, 230Th and 210Po were determined by alpha-particle spectrometry in water and sediment samples collected along the river and in samples from three pit lakes of abandoned Mines, located in the Upper Moulouya catchment area.The results enabled the analysis of the different levels of impact of former mining activities, depending on the natural radionuclides. While the activity concentration of U-isotopes in Moulouya river water was slightly elevated in the vicinity of abandoned mine wastes, other natural radionuclides (Th-isotopes and 210Po) levels were typical of a natural environment. This fact is clearly reflected in the magnitude and range observed in the distribution coefficients for the different radionuclides analyzed. Keywords: NORM (Naturally occurring radioactive material), Abandoned Mines, Moulouya river, Morocc

Guillermo Manjón - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Natural radionuclides (NORM) in a Moroccan river affected by former conventional metal mining activities
    Journal of Sustainable Mining, 2019
    Co-Authors: Guillermo Manjón, Juan Mantero, I. Vioque, Inmaculada Díaz-francés, José Antonio Galván, Saïd Chakiri, Abdelmajid Choukri, Rafael García-tenorio
    Abstract:

    Abstract The main aim of this work was to determine the levels of multiple natural radionuclides in an aquatic system (Moulouya river, Morocco) impacted by multiple abandoned Zinc and Lead Mines. 238U, 234U, 232Th, 230Th and 210Po were determined by alpha-particle spectrometry in water and sediment samples collected along the river and in samples from three pit lakes of abandoned Mines, located in the Upper Moulouya catchment area. The results enabled the analysis of the different levels of impact of former mining activities, depending on the natural radionuclides. While the activity concentration of U-isotopes in Moulouya river water was slightly elevated in the vicinity of abandoned mine wastes, other natural radionuclides (Th-isotopes and 210Po) levels were typical of a natural environment. This fact is clearly reflected in the magnitude and range observed in the distribution coefficients for the different radionuclides analyzed.

  • Natural radionuclides (NORM) in a Moroccan river affected by former conventional metal mining activities
    Elsevier, 2019
    Co-Authors: Guillermo Manjón, Juan Mantero, I. Vioque, Inmaculada Díaz-francés, José Antonio Galván, Saïd Chakiri, Abdelmajid Choukri, Rafael García-tenorio
    Abstract:

    The main aim of this work was to determine the levels of multiple natural radionuclides in an aquatic system (Moulouya river, Morocco) impacted by multiple abandoned Zinc and Lead Mines. 238U, 234U, 232Th, 230Th and 210Po were determined by alpha-particle spectrometry in water and sediment samples collected along the river and in samples from three pit lakes of abandoned Mines, located in the Upper Moulouya catchment area.The results enabled the analysis of the different levels of impact of former mining activities, depending on the natural radionuclides. While the activity concentration of U-isotopes in Moulouya river water was slightly elevated in the vicinity of abandoned mine wastes, other natural radionuclides (Th-isotopes and 210Po) levels were typical of a natural environment. This fact is clearly reflected in the magnitude and range observed in the distribution coefficients for the different radionuclides analyzed. Keywords: NORM (Naturally occurring radioactive material), Abandoned Mines, Moulouya river, Morocc

García Tenorio Rafael - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Natural radionuclides (NORM) in a Moroccan river affected by former conventional metal mining activities
    'Elsevier BV', 2019
    Co-Authors: Manjón Collado Guillermo, Díaz-francés Inmaculada, Mantero Cabrera Juan, Vioque Romero Ignacio, Galván Moreno, José Antonio, Chakiri Said, Choukri Abdelmajid, García Tenorio Rafael
    Abstract:

    The main aim of this work was to determine the levels of multiple natural radionuclides in an aquatic system (Moulouya river, Morocco) impacted by multiple abandoned Zinc and Lead Mines. 238U, 234U, 232Th, 230Th and 210Po were determined by alpha-particlespectrometry in water and sediment samples collected along the river and in samples from three pit lakes of abandoned Mines, located in the Upper Moulouya catchment area. The results enabled the analysis of the different levels of impact of former mining activities, depending on the natural radionuclides. While the activity concentrationof U-isotopes in Moulouya river water was slightly elevated in the vicinity of abandoned mine wastes, other natural radionuclides (Th-isotopes and 210Po) levels were typical of a natural environment. This fact is clearly reflected in the magnitude and range observed in the distribution coefficients for the different radionuclides analyzed.Spanish Agency of International Cooperation and Development (AECID) of the Government of Spai