Burden of disease resulting from lead exposure at toxic waste sites in Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Though lead contaminated waste sites have been widely researched in many high-income countries, their prevalence and associated health outcomes have not been well documented in low- and middle-income countries.

Methods

Using the well-established health metric disability-adjusted life year (DALY) and an exposure assessment method developed by Chatham-Stephens et al., we estimated the burden of disease resulting from exposure to lead at toxic waste sites in three Latin American countries in 2012: Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay. Toxic waste sites identified through Pure Earth's Toxic Sites Identification Program (TSIP) were screened for lead in both biological and environmental sample media. Estimates of cardiovascular disease incidence and other outcomes resulting fr

SUBMITTER: Caravanos J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4918194 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature