Lead Pollution

Hannah Ritchie; Max Roser

Lead Pollution

by Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser

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The number of children with blood lead levels greater than 10 µg/dL

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Mean lead concentrations in the blood of children

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Mean lead concentrations in the blood of adults

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Number of premature deaths from lead exposure

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Death rate from lead exposure

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Disease burden (DALYs) from lead exposure

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Rate of disease burden from lead exposure

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Leaded paint

Which countries have legally-binding controls on lead paint?

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Share of paints with lead concentrations greater than 90 ppm

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Share of paints with lead concentrations greater than 600 ppm

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Share of paints with lead concentrations greater than 10,000 ppm

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Lucia Coulter and Clare Donaldson, at the Lead Exposure Elimination Project, for her insights and support of this project. Thanks also to Max Roser for feedback and suggestions on this work.

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    author = {Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser},
    title = {Lead Pollution},
    journal = {Our World in Data},
    year = {2022},
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