Reformulating Lead-Based Paint as a Problem in Canada

Leaded gasoline was officially removed from the Canadian market in December 1990. The removal of a major lead source and the subsequent decline in children's blood lead levels marked an important transition point and sparked the emergence of new discourse on lead in Canada. Today, childhood lea...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2011-12, Vol.101 (S1), p.S176-S187
Main Authors: O'GRADY, Kelly, PERRON, Amélie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Child
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Convulsions & seizures
Editorials
Environmental Exposure - adverse effects
Environmental Restoration and Remediation - legislation & jurisprudence
Framing Health Matters
Furniture
General aspects
Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence
Health surveillance
Hospitals
Housing
Humans
Infant
Inner city
Lead - chemistry
Lead content
Lead poisoning
Lead Poisoning - blood
Lead Poisoning - prevention & control
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Paint
Paints
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Surveillance
United States
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Summary:Leaded gasoline was officially removed from the Canadian market in December 1990. The removal of a major lead source and the subsequent decline in children's blood lead levels marked an important transition point and sparked the emergence of new discourse on lead in Canada. Today, childhood lead poisoning is viewed as a problem of the past or a problem of the United States. Sparse Canadian surveillance data supported this view. Moreover, tensions among federal agencies evolved into a power struggle, with Health Canada ultimately becoming the dominant authority, thereby relegating important research initiatives to obscurity and also shaping a vastly weaker regulatory response to lead than occurred in the United States.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300185