Reformulating lead-based paint as a problem in Canada.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300185 and PMC identifier 3222495.
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Health Policy
- Lead
- Lead Poisoning
- Paint